https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/forum-calls-for-ethical-ai-development https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180930_1792753821.jpg This photograph shows a logo of artificial intelligence displayed on a smartphone's screen in Brussels on June 10, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180931_1792753822.jpg An aerial photo taken on Oct. 22, 2026 shows a factory at the Batang Industropolis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Batang regency, Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/two-men-nabbed-for-transporting-30-tonnes-of-timber-in-riau https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/05/2026_02_05_172256_1770286104.jpg Two Mitsubishi Colt trucks carrying processed timber are impounded at Riau Police headquarters in Pekanbaru, in this picture released on Feb. 2, 2026. The timber products were not accompanied by forest product permits (SKSHH) and were suspected of originating from illegal logging activities in Kerumut Wildlife Sanctuary conservation area in Pelalawan regency, Riau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/russia-ukraine-agree-on-ceasefire-in-embattled-town-to-hold-peace-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/24/2026_10_24_180959_1792812267.JPG A still image taken from an undated drone video released Sept. 12, 2026, shows a destroyed buildings in Oleshky, Kherson Region, Russian-controlled Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/police-raid-gambling-operations-in-n-sumatra-c-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/21/2023_07_21_140481_1689910765.jpg Illustration of online gambling https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/typhoon-champi-sweeps-past-taiwan-leaving-1-dead-500-injured https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/24/2026_10_24_180958_1792811448.JPG An uprooted tree after strong winds brought by Typhoon Champi in Taipei, Taiwan, on Oct. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/netanyahu-launches-major-west-bank-operation-after-israeli-soldiers-killed https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/24/2026_10_24_180956_1792811054.jpg Israeli soldiers gather at the scene of an earlier fire exchange between armed Palestinians and Israeli forces following an incident at the norther checkpoint of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Oct. 23, 2026. Israeli troops on Oct. 23 shot dead two suspected Palestinian assailants in the West Bank after a shooting that left at least five people wounded, officials said. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/the-worlds-oldest-cave-paintings-in-indonesia-under-threat-of-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/07/04/2024_07_04_152083_1720071152.JPG A painting created at least 51,200 years ago in the limestone cave of Leang Karampuang in the Maros-Pangkep region in Sulawesi portrays three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig, in this undated handout image. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/24/indonesian-contemporary-art-finds-a-voice-in-sydney https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180940_1792770002.jpg Reading the work: A visitor reads on Aug. 28, 2026, an artwork caption in the Tapestry of Encounters: Contemporary Indonesian Art at Western Sydney University in Australia. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180941_1792770002.jpg Forms of power: Sculptures by Agus Wijaya feature in Tapestry of Encounters in Sydney, Australia, on Aug. 23, 2026, drawing on family, politics and belief, Agus explores constraint, extraction and power as lived experiences. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/singapore-widens-haze-probe-to-local-firms-linked-to-indonesian-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/24/2026_10_24_180955_1792804778.jpg Demonstrators gather amidst heavy haze during a protest demanding action over forest and land fires outside the Central Kalimantan Governor's office in Palangka Raya on October 23, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/bgn-dismisses-sppg-head-in-cirebon-after-food-poisoning-hit-395-students https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179621_1789097575.jpg Health advocates: People hold a rally on Sept. 8 in Yogyakarta to demand that the government end the free nutritious meal program following repeated cases of mass food poisoning. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/24/board-of-peace-cannot-deliver-palestinian-self-determination-un-expert https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180920_1792742660.jpeg Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine, speaks to reporters during a press conference in Jakarta on Oct. 21, 2026, following an event titled “Supporting Palestinian Resistance Amid Genocide“ organized by Amnesty International. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180921_1792742772.jpg A teen transports a sack of wheat flour at a World Food Program distribution center in Gaza City on Oct. 22, 2026. The World Food Programme said on Oct. 19 it would end monthly assistance to 500,000 people in Gaza due to a funding shortfall, despite acute needs in the war-battered Palestinian territory. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/24/analysis-a-sugar-excise-too-small-to-matter https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180929_1792750323.jpg A customer passes by a rack of sweetened drinks in a retail supermarket in Jakarta on Dec. 14, 2023. A survey from the Indonesian Consumers Foundation (YLKI) revealed that 58 percent of 800 respondents support the plan to impose excise tax on sweetened beverages to control their consumption and prevent diabetes prevalence in children, which increased 70-fold in 2023 compared with 2010. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/24/bulogs-packaging-factory-plan-risks-diverting-focus-from-core-mandate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/22/2026_01_22_171700_1769063900.jpg A worker tidies up a stack of locally produced rice on May 30, 2024, at state food company Perum Bulog’s warehouse in Indramayu, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/24/fires-at-papua-food-estate-worsen-haze-pollution https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180932_1792755551.jpg Flames engulf parts of a 58-kilometer stretch of the Merauke food estate corridor on Aug. 12 in Merauke regency, South Papua, extending from near Wanam village in Ilwayab district to Muting district. Despite suffering one of Indonesia’s largest burn scars, Papua remains excluded from areas prioritized for firefighting operations amid the regional haze crisis. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180933_1792758351.jpg Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel carry flags of new military units on Oct. 5 during a ceremony commemorating TNI's 81st anniversary at the force's headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto inaugurates 204 new TNI units, including six regional commands and 150 territorial development infantry battalion (Yonif TP). https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/24/the-lost-art-of-listening https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180812_1792478583.jpg Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurl a pair of giant banners on the Welcome Statue on Oct. 20, 2026, during a demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/23/nowhere-everywhere-and-anywhere-tari-lang-on-exile-and-indonesia-in-1965 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180881_1792601910.jpg Across borders: Businesswoman Tari Lang, born to an Indonesian father and a British mother, recounts her experiences during the 1965 upheaval in Indonesia in her memoir, ‘My Neighbour, the Dictator’. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180882_1792601910.jpg Childhood upended: A young Tari Lang appears on the cover of her memoir, ‘My Neighbour, the Dictator’, published on May 1, 2026, which recounts her teenage years amid political upheaval in 1965, as her parents were imprisoned without trial in Jakarta during Soeharto’s rise to power. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/23/inside-green-soldiers-most-ambitious-chapter-yet https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180934_1792765979.jpg Green Soldier representatives and SDN Karangrejo 01 staff mark the formal handover of equipment and materials supporting the school's recycling and environmental programs in Semarang on Oct. 9, 2026.(Source: Green Soldier school community documentation, SDN Karangrejo 01) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180935_1792766398.jpg Students watch water being poured beside PVC growing channels at SDN Karangrejo 01 in Semarang on Oct. 9, 2026. Green Soldier is developing an aquaponics installation linking fish cultivation with vegetable production. (Source: Green Soldier aquaponics project documentation, SDN Karangrejo 01) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180936_1792766636.jpg A buyer at Green Soldier's Pasar Murah event, where proceeds from agricultural product sales help fund the initiative's environmental programs.(Source: Green Soldier market activity documentation) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/govt-shifts-social-policy-toward-cash-aid-financial-welfare https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/10/2024_05_10_150302_1715356957.jpg People queue on May 10, 2024, for cash aid as part of the government’s Family Hope Program, in Bandung, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/23/prabowos-allies-distance-themselves-from-flagship-free-meals-program https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/29/2026_09_29_180183_1790674904.jpeg President Prabowo Subianto (right) listens to former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri during a private meeting between the two politicians at the latter's residence in Central Jakarta on Sept. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/23/convening-and-celebrating-on-the-island-of-the-gods https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180923_1792745928.jpg (Image courtesy of Magnific) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180927_1792746337.jpg (Image courtesy of Hotel Indigo Bali Seminyak) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180925_1792746337.jpg (Image courtesy of The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180926_1792746337.jpg (mage courtesy of Conrad Bali) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/indonesia-eyes-november-gas-boost-from-891m-maha-field https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/07/30/2020_07_30_101307_1596084521.jpeg An offshore oil and gas rig in the Mahakam Block in East Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/kadin-urges-disaster-resilience-policy-certainty-to-spur-investment https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180916_1792732691.jpeg Kadin chairman Anindya Bakrie (center) and other members attend a press conference at Kadin’s office in Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/sk-hynix-puts-us-ipo-of-chip-unit-on-hold-after-seoul-authorities-raised-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180919_1792737871.jpg A man uses his phone to take a picture in front of the logo of SK hynix during a semiconductor exhibition at the COEX convention and exhibition center in Seoul on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/cybersecurity-agency-urges-stronger-defenses-as-ai-exposes-new-vulnerabilities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/09/05/2024_09_05_154499_1725522967.jpg A person types on a laptop in this undated illustration of a malware attack. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/the-fao-we-need-for-the-future-of-food-security https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/17/2026_07_17_177735_1784287695.jpg Customers purchase vegetables during a government-sponsored affordable food market in Panyileukan, Bandung, West Java, on July 16, 2026. Organized by the Bandung Food Security and Agriculture Agency (DKPP), the program offers staple food items at below-market prices to help stabilize supplies and curb inflation in the city. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/why-indonesia-keeps-repeating-its-forest-fire-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180703_1792064829.jpg Firefighters work to contain a wildfire on Oct. 13 in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/23/un-expert-urges-indonesia-to-reconsider-involvement-in-trumps-gaza-board https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180909_1792716311.JPG Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/going-green-is-not-enough-for-industrial-parks-to-thrive https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/09/2026_10_09_180481_1791512805.JPG Nickel processing facilities operate on Oct. 8 at the Indonesia Weda Bay Industrial Park in Central Halmahera regency, North Maluku province. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/asian-shares-wobble-as-tech-rout-boosts-bonds-dents-rate-hike-bets https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177876_1784691498.jpg Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/23/indonesia-eximbank-highlights-cpne-initiative-in-push-for-export-ready-smes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180910_1792722008.jpg Siti Nurhafidah Umiroh from Indonesia Eximbank (right) said the Coaching Program for New Exporters (CPNE) initiative provides businesses with training and mentoring sessions to familiarize themselves with export requirements and regulations. (Image courtesy of Indonesia Eximbank) https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/breathing-new-life-into-organized-labor https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/02/2026_05_02_175298_1777688617.jpg Activists from labor groups hold a sit-in protest on May 1, 2026, during a rally to mark International Workers’ Day at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/maximum-coalition-minimum-performance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/04/2026_10_04_180334_1791107720.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (right) and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (second left) congratulate and shake hands with new cabinet members on Oct. 1 during a cabinet reshuffle at the State Palace in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/23/indonesia-australia-foreign-ministers-discuss-regional-resilience-multilateralism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180893_1792669362.jpg Indonesian Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir welcomes Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong for a bilateral meeting at the Pancasila Building in Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/resetting-indonesias-capital-market-needs-verified-integrity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180863_1792578401.jpg A visitor looks at an electronic display showing movements of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite index on Oct. 16, 2026, at the bourse in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/analysis-soe-ipos-face-an-uphill-battle-against-historical-pitfalls https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180888_1792655872.jpg A screen at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta shows stock quotes on Jan. 2, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/23/suspended-pati-regent-sudewo-gets-8-5-years-in-prison https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179027_1787746506.jpg Suspended Pati regent (center) Sudewo is escorted by the police to a prisoner van on Aug. 10 after undergoing a corruption hearing at the Semarang Corruption Court in Semarang, Central Java. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects Sudewo of extorting candidates for village administration posts and accepting bribes pertaining to a 2022 railway project. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/23/suspected-man-eating-tiger-captured-in-riau https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180887_1792651407.jpg A suspected man-eating Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) sits inside a metal box trap on Sept. 8 in a industrial forest plantation (HTI) concession area in Semenanjung Kampar landscape in Pelalawan regency, Riau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/23/haze-crisis-debate-heats-up-ahead-of-asean-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180890_1792660992.jpg Children wearing face masks walk along a smoke-covered dirt road amid land and forest fires in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/23/listen-more-speculate-less https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180884_1792640666.jpg People look at a screen showing the Indonesia Composite Index after the market plunge at the stock exchange in Jakarta on Oct. 16, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/23/riau-islands-us-embassy-meet-to-fight-human-trafficking-transnational-crimes https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180892_1792665008.jpg Resident legal advisor of the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) at the United States Embassy in Jakarta, Tomika Patterson (left), talks with Riau Islands Police chief Insp. Gen. Suhendri (center) on Tuesday during a meeting at the provincial police force headquarters in Batam, Riau Islands. The meeting discussed various cooperation efforts to fight human trafficking and other forms of transnational crimes.