https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/data-update-snags-cloud-dtsens-sole-use-in-subsidy-targeting https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/15/2025_11_15_169021_1763174442.jpg Streams of reality : Water flows past slum housing on Nov. 13, 2025, along the Ciliwung River in Matraman, East Jakarta. The Jakarta provincial administration identified 445 community units with poor housing and limited sanitation. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/house-brushes-off-fears-asset-forfeiture-bill-could-target-rivals https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179536_1788866418.jpg House Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (second right) receives a report on the progress of drafting the Asset Forfeiture Bill from Commission III chairman Habiburokhman (center) during the House’s third plenary session of the 2026–2027 legislative year on Aug. 27 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. Commission III said it expects to complete the bill by Dec. 15. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/05/2026_09_05_179453_1788625339.jpg Rallygoers, led by members of the United Pati People's Alliance (AMPB), stage a protest on Aug. 27 in front of the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. They demand the passage of the long-awaited asset forfeiture bill and harsher punishment for corrupt officials. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/airspace-reopens-as-krakataus-activity-subsides https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179526_1788839425.JPG A Citilink Airbus takes off from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, as the airport reopened following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, in Tangerang, Banten, on Sept. 8, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179467_1788680226.jpeg A drone view of Anak Krakatau volcano is documented by a team from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation at the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Sept. 5, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/indonesia-to-shift-controlling-stakeholder-of-china-funded-railway-next-week https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/24/2026_03_24_173971_1774370660.jpg Prospective passengers wait for the arrival of the Whoosh high-speed train on the platform at Whoosh Padalarang Station in West Bandung Regency, West Java, Sunday, March 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/08/dr-congo-extends-state-control-over-mining-with-bid-to-lock-down-geological-data https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179533_1788850200.JPG Workers mend a pipe as crushed ore is transported on a conveyor belt at the Kibali gold mine Haut-Uele province, Democratic Republic of Congo October 8, 2021. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/bgn-suspends-nearly-2000-free-meal-kitchens-after-food-poisoning-outbreak https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177897_1784725628.JPG Sudaryono, head of National Nutrition Agency (BGN), speaks to the press at the agency building in Jakarta, July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/only-a-quarter-of-ris-daily-waste-properly-managed-ministry-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/03/2026_08_03_178281_1785755823.jpg An aerial photo shows garbage trucks near mounds of waste covered with protective sheeting at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on Aug. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/batam-economy-grows-7-28-outpacing-national-growth-as-investment-drives-expansion https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179535_1788858168.jpg The leadership of BP Batam is committed to maintaining the momentum of Batam's economic growth—which reached 7.28 percent in Q2 2026—by strengthening investment, infrastructure and services, as well as creating jobs. (Images courtesy of BP Batam) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179534_1788858168.jpg Batam's economic growth of 7.28 percent in Q2 2026 reinforces its position as a hub for industry, investment, logistics and services. BP Batam continues to drive high-quality, inclusive, and sustainable growth by accelerating investment realization and strengthening the region's competitiveness. (Images courtesy of BP Batam) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/chinas-trade-booms-as-focus-turns-to-expected-trump-xi-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/12/2026_08_12_178564_1786504746.JPG Job seekers and recruiters for garment factories gather on a street in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, July 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/08/singapore-pms-annual-salary-to-rise-64-to-285-million- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/05/17/2024_05_17_150531_1715923492.jpg Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong delivers a speech during the Paris office opening reception of Singapore state investor Temasek in Paris on April 10, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/ago-names-toba-pulp-lestari-suspect-of-export-tax-fraud-in-113m-graft-case https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/12/2025_11_12_168884_1762934352.jpg A group of Batak people hold a demonstration in front of the provincial governor’s office in Medan on Nov. 10, 2025, demanding that North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution shut down PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL) for allegedly grabbing indigenous land and causing ecological damage around Lake Toba. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/getting-social-assistance-targeting-right https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/07/2026_08_07_178425_1786109011.JPG Two schoolgirls look at an informal riverbank settlement on Aug. 7, 2026, from a bridge in Kebon Melati village, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/praying-for-rain-as-fires-haze-plague-kalimantan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179531_1788849262.jpg A junior high school teacher conducts an online lesson in an empty classroom after local authorities mandated remote learning due to haze from land and forest fires in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on September 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/the-waste-reform-indonesia-is-missing https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/03/2026_08_03_178281_1785755823.jpg An aerial photo shows garbage trucks queueing near mounds of waste covered with protective sheeting at the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on Aug. 2, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/the-anxious-search-of-pakistans-power-elite-for-regional-standing https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178770_1787027057.jpg Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left), Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (center) and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meet in Mecca in this handout photograph taken and released by the Turkish Presidency press office on Aug. 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/ai-watermarks-erase-human-authorship-twice https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/20/2025_07_20_164661_1752976125.JPG Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Artificial Intelligence“ in this illustration created on Feb. 19, 2024. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/08/trump-threatens-sales-in-us-of-canadian-aircraft-maker-bombardier https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179518_1788836614.jpg An American Eagle Bombardier CRJ-900 taxis at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 27, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/the-indonesian-hex-when-political-rhetoric-rewrites-reality https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/27/2026_08_27_179055_1787804033.jpg President Prabowo Subianto looks on as he arrives on Aug. 14 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta for the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary meeting, in which he delivered the State of the Nation address and the 2027 state budget proposal. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/08/iran-says-it-plans-new-gulf-exclusion-zone-threatens-us-with-new-missiles https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/02/2026_09_02_179252_1788317623.JPG A drone view shows vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, Aug. 28, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/cybersecurity-governance-from-bureaucracy-to-real-world-threats https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/10/26/2020_10_26_106425_1603729979.jpg The logo of the National Cyber and Encryption Agency (BSSN) is seen on the agency’s office in Jakarta on March 15, 2019. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/yen-extends-rally-to-new-seven-month-high-dollar-subdued-ahead-of-cpi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/12/2026_05_12_175622_1778555377.JPG US dollar, Euro, Yen and Pound banknotes are seen in this illustration created on May 4, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/c-java-requests-helicopter-assistance-from-tni-to-douse-landfill-fire https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/04/2026_09_04_179416_1788506868.jpg An NBO-105 light, multirole, twin-engine helicopter from the Yogyakarta Police drops 9,000 liters of water on Sept. 4 to extinguish a fire at Putri Cempo landfill in Surakarta, Central Java. Fire has been burning Blocks B, C and D of the landfill across six hectares, since Sept. 2. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/how-developing-countries-can-do-more-with-less https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179490_1788756323.jpg Boniface Djabia, the chief of Betykro, a camp of cocoa producers living in precarious conditions 20 kilometers from Guiglo, Ivory Coast, poses for a portrait in front of one of his mud houses covered with straw on Jan. 16, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/the-dec-15-deadline-keeps-indonesias-political-pressure-cooking https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/05/2026_09_05_179452_1788625339.jpg House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (right) of the Gerindra Party shows a copy of the legislature's commitment letter to pass the asset forfeiture bill to representatives of the United Pati People's Alliance (AMPB) on Aug. 27 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. The AMPB staged a protest in front of the legislative complex to demand the passage of the long-awaited asset forfeiture bill and harsher punishment for corrupt officials. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/08/us-china-drills-put-indonesias-non-aligned-foreign-policy-in-focus https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179502_1788787379.jpg An RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) of the Indonesian Marine Corps fires on Sept. 3, 2025, during the joint multinational exercise Garuda Shield 2025 at the Baturaja combat training center in Lampung. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/jakarta-airport-and-others-reopen-after-volcanic-ash-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/08/2026_09_08_179517_1788826848.jpg Workers wipe down a Citilink Airbus A320 aircraft parked on the apron of the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, Banten, on September 7, 2026, after flight operations were suspended following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/jakarta-presses-ahead-with-municipal-bonds-despite-pushback https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/25/2026_06_25_177008_1782354606.jpg Tap and go: Passengers tap electronic fare cards after disembarking from an LRT train on June 22 at Velodrome Station in East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/travelers-scramble-as-anak-krakatau-ash-exposes-gaps-in-contingency-plans https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179501_1788781254.JPG Stranded passengers wait at the domestic terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Kuta, Bali, on Sept. 7, 2026, as some flights to Jakarta were cancelled due to the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179467_1788680226.jpeg Smoke billows from Mount Anak Krakatau on Sept. 5, 2026, in the Sunda Straits, in this photograph from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation at Indonesia’s Geological Agency. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/relentless-natural-disasters-test-indonesias-fiscal-priorities https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179466_1788680225.jpeg Anak Krakatau volcano erupts as documented by a team from the Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation at the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Sept. 5, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/analysis-the-power-to-seize-the-need-for-safeguards https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179516_1788798169.jpg The iconic building in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) in Senayan, Jakarta https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/anak-krakatau-eruption-wont-cause-tsunami-geology-agency-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179485_1788752699.jpg Stranded passengers wait to request refunds on Sept. 6 at Soekarno-Hatta airport in Tangerang, Banten, after scheduled flights were canceled following the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/08/govts-3-million-new-jobs-target-next-year-deemed-ambitious https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178971_1787567113.jpg Jobseekers wait in line on June 8 during the opening of the 2026 Bogor Job Fair at Plaza Jambu Dua in Bogor, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/08/man-named-suspect-for-destroying-111-hectares-of-mangrove-forest-in-riau https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179470_1788696397.jpg An excavator destroys a protected mangrove forest for conversion into palm oil plantations in Sungai Sembilan district in Dumai city, Riau, in this undated picture provided by Riau Police Special Crimes Investigation (Reskrimsus) Directorate. Detectives from Riau Police Reskrimsus Directorate have named a man as a suspect for converting 111,77 hectares of protected mangrove without permit. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/08/keeping-it-free-and-active https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/07/07/2025_07_07_164270_1751873343.jpg President Prabowo Subianto attends the BRICS summit second plenary session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 6, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/07/ev-push-gains-traction-as-factories-expand https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179499_1788778496.jpg Paint is applied to a car under construction at BYD’s first new energy vehicle manufacturing facility in the Subang Smartpolitan Industrial Estate, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/07/military-court-slammed-for-reducing-penalties-in-activist-acid-attack-case https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/11/2026_06_11_176576_1781156363.jpg Justice served: Four Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel found guilty of throwing acid at human rights activist Andrie Yunus leave after their verdict hearing at the Jakarta Military Court, on June 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/07/soekarno-hatta-airport-extends-closure-after-anak-krakatau-eruption https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179489_1788755082.JPG Stranded passengers queue at a customer service area at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport after the airport closed its operations due to the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau, in Tangerang, near Jakarta, Indonesia, September 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/09/07/fire-in-papua-kills-11-including-6-children https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179500_1788778749.png Fire breaks out in the town of Paniai in Central Papua province shortly after midnight on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/09/07/uae-builds-alternative-trade-energy-routes-after-iran-attacks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/16/2026_08_16_178725_1786851771.jpg Vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/09/07/malaysia-lifts-emergency-declaration-in-sarawak-as-fire-haze-eases https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/01/2026_09_01_179225_1788259756.jpg An aerial view shows haze shrouding the area around the Sarawak Legislative Assembly building (top) in Kuching, the capital city of Sarawak state, Malaysia on September 1, 2026.