https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/japanese-automakers-raise-concern-over-local-content-rules https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179488_1788755082.jpg Workers assemble electric cars on Sept. 3 at a BYD factory in Subang, West Java. Indonesia’s The Industry Ministry is seeking to increase the minimum domestic component level for electric vehicles to 80 percent by 2030 to support the development of the auto parts industry. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/22/think-tanks-seek-closer-indonesia-china-ties https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179971_1790083058.JPG From left to right, Vice President of the Chinese People's Institute of Foreign Affairs (CPIFA) Zhou Pingjian, Jusuf Wanandi, vice chair of the Board of Trustees of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and Yose Rizal Damuri, executive director of CSIS, attend a roundtable discussion titled “Indonesia-China Relations and the Changing International Order,” jointly organized by CSIS and the China Institute of International Studies (CIIS), in Yogyakarta on Monday. The discussion took place from Sept. 21 to 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/22/indian-arrested-for-smuggling-gold-bars-to-thailand-via-n-sumatra-airport https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/08/15/2024_08_15_153546_1723706197.jpg Illustration of a police tape sealing a crime scene. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/strength-begins-at-home https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179689_1789300999.jpg President Prabowo Subianto arrives at the New Delhi venue hosting the 18th BRICS Summit on Sept. 12, 2026, in this photo provided by Russia’s state news agency Sputnik. (AFP/pool/Alexander Kazakov) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/22/new-york-offers-jakarta-assistance-on-municipal-bond-plan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179963_1790062617.jpeg Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (left) poses with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a bilateral meeting at Civic Hall in New York in the United States on Sept. 20, 2026, on the sidelines of the Urban 20 Mayors Summit. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/22/indonesia-calls-for-more-representative-un-amid-changing-world-order https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/25/2026_08_25_178985_1787648519.jpg The United Nations stands on a gate on Sept. 21, 2025, outside the UN headquarters ahead of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/singapores-bdx-launches-640mw-data-center-project-in-west-java https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179960_1790058342.jpg West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi (center), BDx Indonesia CEO Agus Hartono Wijaya and BDx Data Centers CEO Mayank Srivastava attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the CGK4 campus in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta, West Java, alongside local leaders and community representatives on July 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/ev-two-wheeler-sales-slump-as-incentive-hangs-in-limbo-industry-warns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/03/07/2023_03_07_136273_1678150857.jpg Several units of Indonesian electric motorcycle brand Selis are pictured on Oct. 27, 2019, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/higher-for-longer-tighter-for-banks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/28/2026_05_28_176162_1779959377.jpg A teller counts rupiah banknotes at the BNI Pasar Baru branch in Central Jakarta on Oct. 27, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/sports/2026/09/22/why-wtgl-is-arriving-at-the-right-time-for-womens-golf https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179953_1790035206.jpg China’s Ruoning Yin plays her shot from the 16th tee on Aug. 20, 2026, during the first round of the CPKC Women’s Open at Royal Mayfair Golf Club in Edmonton, Canada. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/which-asean-equity-laggards-could-soon-become-leaders https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/19/2026_02_19_172752_1771476250.jpg A woman takes a photo of an electronic display showing negative movements across the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite index on Feb. 2, 2026, at the bourse’s South Jakarta headquarters. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/why-indonesians-feel-increasingly-bitter-today https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179676_1789237205.jpg A Manggala Agni forest firefighter struggles to extinguish a forest and land fire in Rambutan village, Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra, on Sept. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/alibaba-plans-ai-model-with-5-trillion-to-10-trillion-parameters-unveils-new-chip https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179959_1790053351.JPG An Alibaba logo is displayed at the company's booth at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on Sept. 10, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/22/bali-authorities-detain-13-foreign-nationals-over-alleged-prostitution https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/03/15/2021_03_15_111316_1615796362.jpg A stock image illustrates online sex work. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/22/six-suspected-opm-rebels-arrested-amid-rising-violence-targeting-civilians https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/23/2026_07_23_177942_1784809887.jpg A group of rebels from the West Papua National Liberation Army-Papua Freedom Organization (TPNPB-OPM) gathered behind a couple, identified as Kumis Kogoya and Seli Wenda, before their execution-style killing on July 21 along the Trans Papua Highway in Seradala District, Yahukimo regency, Papua Highlands. The rebels killed a total of three civilians in execution-style shootings, accusing the victims of being intelligence agents for the Indonesian government. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/stocks-rise-on-ai-buzz-drop-in-oil-prices https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179524_1788837636.jpg A man looks at a stock index board showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) after the close of trading in Seoul on July 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/federalism-and-the-middle-way-of-decentralization https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/17/2025_12_17_170432_1765989534.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center), accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right), shakes hands with Papua Governor Mathius Fakhiri (left) on Dec. 16, 2025, prior to a meeting with 46 regional leaders from Papua along with 10 executive committee members of the Acceleration of Papua’s Special Autonomy Development at the State Palace in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/22/uk-hit-by-new-air-traffic-outage-cancelling-flights https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179957_1790037094.jpg Passengers stand with their luggage as they queue to check-in at the South Terminal of London Gatwick airport near Crawley, southern England on September 9, 2026, following the second day of major disruption due an issue affecting the NATS air traffic control systems. UK travelers faced more misery on September 9, with more than 150 flights scrapped across the country, as Britain's air traffic control service scrambled to recover from a technical glitch that sparked chaos. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/brics-seeks-to-give-the-global-south-a-bigger-voice https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/13/2026_09_13_179683_1789282090.jpg Leaders of participating countries gather for a photograph on Sept. 13 during the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/22/leaders-push-for-global-ai-safeguards-as-un-week-opens https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179954_1790037094.jpg A person is silhouetted next to the logo of the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance, in Geneva on July 6, 2026. UN secretary-general Guterres called for a global governance system to shape artificial intelligence for the good of humanity, warning against allowing the technology itself to “vibe-code“ our future. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/ai-in-ri-healthcare-opportunities-and-risks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/01/2026_04_01_174269_1775062416.jpg A doctor attends to a toddler receiving a measles vaccine on March 27 at the Ibrahim Adjie community health center (Puskesmas) in Bandung, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/22/tv-networks-halt-trump-coverage-in-revolt-over-white-house-ban https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179956_1790037094.jpg MS NOW White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard works on a street corner near the White House in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2026. Three leading US news outlets announced on September 21 they will go to court after being banned from the White House, as President Donald Trump claimed that media critical of his administration is a “cancer“ threatening national security. CNN, MS NOW and Politico said in a joint statement that they were filing suit after Trump last week ordered them to be barred from the presidential complex. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/22/2026_09_22_179955_1790037094.jpg Flyers hang in the White House briefing room in Washington, DC, on September 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/22/gontor-leaders-blunt-remarks-highlight-pesantren-political-independence https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179939_1789994452.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (fourth right) walks along Darussalam Gontor Modern Islamic boarding school leader Hasan Abdullah Sahal (fifth right) after a speech at Gontor’s centennial celebration on Sept. 19 in Ponorogo, East Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/popular-discontent-is-justified-authoritarianism-is-not-the-answer https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179068_1787838078.jpg Supriyono (center left, onstage), also known as “Botok”, an activist from Pati regency, Central Java, speaks during a demonstration outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 27, 2026, urging lawmakers to immediately pass the asset forfeiture bill. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/22/analysis-agus-balancing-act-criticizing-power-without-leaving-it https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179927_1789972657.jpg Democratic Party chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (left) hands a command stick to President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta on Feb. 25, 2025, during the party’s sixth congress. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/22/indigenous-peoples-bill-in-limbo-as-house-rushes-agrarian-reform https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/17/2025_10_17_167801_1760699316.jpg Badui tribe members play traditional Sundanese angklung during the annual Ngaseuk ceremony on Oct. 5, 2025, in Lebak, Banten, to celebrate the planting of rice on dry land to fulfill their daily needs. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/22/pension-still-an-afterthought-for-informal-workers-despite-govt-push https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/01/15/2023_01_15_134479_1673792351.jpeg Cashing in: Retirees wait to receive their monthly pension fund payouts in Jakarta in February 2011. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/jakarta-water-shortages-worsen-as-dry-season-drags-on https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179938_1789992502.jpg South Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) personnel fill residents’ buckets with water on Sept. 16 in West Cilandak, South Jakarta. BPBD South Jakarta, in collaboration with city-owned water company PAM Jaya, distributed free clean water to residents affected by water shortages caused by drought, which has left water supplies cloudy and reduced availability. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/govt-under-pressure-as-3-million-home-drive-hits-cracks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/30/2026_06_30_177145_1782798023.jpg A residential housing area is seen on June 18 in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. According to data from the Public Housing and Settlements Ministry, the national 3 Million Homes program had reached 324,213 completed housing units as of June 13. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/nusron-leaves-golkar-post-months-before-agrarian-ministry-graft-probe https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179937_1789986993.jpg Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Nusron Wahid flashed a thumbs-up following a Legislative Body (Baleg) plenary meeting at the Parliamentary Complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Sept. 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/21/indonesia-doing-everything-but-struggling-to-curb-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179936_1789984495.jpg Firefighters extinguish forest and land fires in Banjar, South Kalimantan, on September 21, 2026. Toxic haze has shrouded parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/dutch-firm-frieslandcampina-to-control-ultrajaya-after-822m-merger-deal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179931_1789974182.jpg Products of publicly listed PT Ultrajaya Milk Industry & Trading Company https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/govt-settles-remaining-blbi-related-debt-from-1998-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/19/2026_09_19_179883_1789834391.JPG Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara speaks at the APBN Kita press conference on Sept. 19 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/xi-to-visit-us-this-week-for-trump-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/30/2025_10_30_168359_1761825236.jpg United States President Donald Trump (left) talks to Chinese President Xi Jinping as they shake hands after their talks at the Gimhae Air Base, located next to the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea on Oct. 30, 2025. Trump and Xi opened on Oct. 30 their first face-to-face meeting in six years, seeking a truce to end a trade war that has roiled the world economy. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/21/ministry-awards-oil-and-gas-blocks-to-prabowos-brother-sinopec-others https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/24/2025_10_24_168108_1761296834.jpg Arsari Group president commissioner Hashim Djojohadikusumo (left) and president director Aryo Djojohadikusumo stand on the stage at the launch seremony of Envirotin on Oct. 15, 2025, at the Coal and Mineral Resources Convention Expo (Minerba Convex) 2025 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/australia-warns-of-risks-from-aging-population-falling-birth-rates https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179919_1789966067.JPG People cross the street near Pitt Street Mall in Sydney, Australia, September 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/regional-haze-casts-pall-on-aseans-influence https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179031_1787751594.jpg Haze shrouds the Kuala Lumpur skyline on Aug. 26 amid high levels of air pollution from regional wildfires. Indonesia has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/26/2026_08_26_179031_1787751594.jpg Haze shrouds the Kuala Lumpur skyline on Aug. 26 amid high levels of air pollution from regional wildfires. Indonesia has for weeks battled wildfires that have led to school closures and thousands of people requiring medical treatment, with smoke also reaching neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/iran-us-trade-threats-after-houthi-attacks-escalate-regional-conflict https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179917_1789963643.JPG Members of Iranian militia forces (Basij) attend a military march in Tehran, Iran, September 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/21/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-as-typhoon-dujuan-nears-japan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179918_1789964214.jpg Pedestrians with umbrellas walk on a crossing as rain falls in Tokyo's Shibuya district on September 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/21/cross-border-crises-test-indonesias-regional-credibility https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179223_1788241774.JPG A thick haze shrouds Manila on Sept. 1 in smoke from fires in Kalimantan in this photo taken in Quezon City, the Philippines.