https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/when-diplomatic-neutrality-meets-defense-network-warfare https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/01/2026_07_01_177185_1782907490.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left) looks inside the cockpit of a Rafale jet fighter during a ceremony to hand over six new Rafale jet fighters, four Dassault Falcon 8X aircrafts and one Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft to the Indonesian Air Force on May 18 at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/19/trump-pauses-50-tariffs-on-canadian-goods-for-three-days https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/19/2026_08_19_178811_1787110918.jpg A truck passes over the Peace Bridge between Canada and the United States, in Fort Erie, Ontario, on Aug. 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/why-aceh-peace-remains-fragile-21-years-after-the-helsinki-accord https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178713_1786796990.jpg A man (top left) climbs a flagpole on Saturday as he attempts to raise a Free Aceh Movement flag alongside the Indonesian national flag during a rally outside the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh province. Thousands of people gathered to mark the 21st anniversary of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) peace agreement, which ended nearly three decades of conflict. The raising of the separatist-linked flag, although not explicitly banned by the 2005 peace deal, remains a highly controversial issue, with central government authorities often prohibiting its display. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/the-global-land-agendas-moment-of-truth https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/30/2026_07_30_178127_1785412457.jpg A road bisects untouched forest (left) and land cleared and prepared for industrial planting (right) on Feb. 11, 2026, in Lahei Mangkutup, Kapuas regency, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/beyond-aid-rethinking-disaster-assistance-to-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/16/2026_08_16_178724_1786850903.jpg Displaced residents look on after spending the night in an open field near Nangahale village in Sikka regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Aug. 16, 2026, after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake off Flores island. Rescuers combed through debris for survivors on Aug. 15 after the powerful earthquake had led to the death off at least 47 people, according to disaster officials. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/19/global-bond-markets-put-governments-on-notice-over-fiscal-inflation-risks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/19/2026_08_19_178810_1787104311.jpg A Peterson Foundation bus stop sign displays the national debt on June 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/asean-at-59-a-ship-with-no-captain-adrift-in-the-storm https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/22/2026_07_22_177873_1784689197.JPG United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with the US on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Pasay City, Metro Manila, on July 22, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/19/mt-anak-krakatau-erupts-more-than-two-dozen-times-blankets-nearby-island-in-ash https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/04/28/2022_04_28_125172_1651112731.jpg A man fishes at Pasauran Beach, Anyer, Banten, on April 24, 2022 while Mount Anak Krakatau spews thick smoke into the air. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/19/chinas-wang-yi-to-visit-jakarta-for-diplomacy-defense-talks https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178786_1787054964.JPG Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reacts during the High-level Meeting on the Global Development Initiative on July 28, 2026 in Beijing. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178787_1787054964.JPG Foreign Minister Sugiono (right) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) on July 22, 2026 in Pasay City, Metro Manila. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/19/ntt-quake-survivors-await-aid-as-tremors-continue https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178788_1787057434.JPG Caroline Cellomita Kasang, 3, who suffered a head injury after she was hit by a collapsed wall while escaping from a house during an earthquake, rests along with her grandmother Katarina Dadona, 58, at a makeshift medic-tent serving as temporary shelter for people affected by the earthquake in Reok, East Nusa Tenggara, on Aug. 18, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178790_1787057676.JPG A man rides a scooter along a cracked road, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Dampek, East Nusa Tenggara, on Aug. 18, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178789_1787057675.JPG Haji Salahuddin, 63, imam of the collapsed Babussalam Mosque, examines the earthquake damage in Salamah village in Reok, Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara, on Aug. 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/analysis-danantaras-hedge-fund-gamble https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178795_1787066173.jpg (Courtesy of Danantara Indonesia) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/19/papuan-rebels-shoot-one-soldier-dead-injure-two-on-independence-day 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) gather behind a couple, identified as Kumis Kogoya and Seli Wenda, before their execution-style killing along the trans-Papua highway in Seradala district, Yahukimo regency, Papua Highlands, on July 21, 2026. 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/2026/08/19/govt-to-centralize-public-procurement https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178658_1786689145.JPG President Prabowo Subianto gestures as he delivers his annual State of the Nation address before lawmakers, while Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka sits next to him in Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/19/students-rally-against-decaying-freedom-as-indonesia-turns-81 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178793_1787060124.JPG University of Indonesia (UI) students take part in a protest against wasteful state budget spending, President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programs and expanded military roles in civilian affairs in Central Jakarta, on Aug. 18, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178785_1787054202.JPG University students argue with police officers during a protest against wasteful state budget spending, President Prabowo Subianto's flagship programs and expanded military roles in civilian affairs on Jl. Thamrin in Central Jakarta on Aug. 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/19/pray-for-flores https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178706_1786766758.jpg Rescuers from the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) work amid the rubble of a damaged building on Aug. 15 after an earthquake in Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores Island early on Aug. 15, killing at least two and sending thousands running in panic after authorities issued a tsunami warning. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/wildfire-smoke-drives-surge-in-respiratory-infections https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178783_1787040910.jpg A helicopter drops water on burning forests and land in the Petuk Katimpun area, Palangka Raya, in Central Kalimantan, on Aug. 13, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178791_1787057880.JPG A car passes by next to flames as a wildfire burns in Rambutan village, Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra, August 15, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/18/idx-outperforms-asian-markets-on-domestic-optimism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/08/2026_07_08_177405_1783489393.jpg An electronic board displays stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) on Jan. 29 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/18/asian-allies-stress-critical-cooperation-as-trump-slashes-korea-drills https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/02/28/2019_02_28_66571_1551323340.JPG US President Donald Trump gestures as he and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sit down for a dinner during the second US-North Korea summit at the Metropole Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam February 27, 2019. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/18/former-sritex-workers-pin-hopes-on-danantara-takeover https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/01/13/2026_01_13_171381_1768321238.jpg Former workers of textile company Sritex hold a banner on Jan. 12, 2026, during a protest in front of the Semarang District Court in Central Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/18/against-all-odds-a-scholars-story-that-inspired-many https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178780_1787037831.jpg At his WebFirst workspace in 2019, before work eventually moved fully remote. (Images courtesy of Richard Waery) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178779_1787037831.jpg Richard presents a project at a computer science conference in 2008, while attending Westminster College in Missouri. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178781_1787037831.jpg Richard at home in Germantown, Maryland https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/18/uneven-demand-amid-indonesias-automotive-recovery https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/08/04/2025_08_04_165087_1754289566.jpg Visitors crowd the 2025 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition in BSD City, Tangerang, Banten, in this undated photo. The event drew a total of 485,569 visitors over its 11-day run from July 24 to Aug. 3. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/make-it-rain-indonesia-chases-clouds-to-stem-el-nino-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178771_1787030297.jpg Student Rudiansyah (right) dressed in a Superman costume helps to extinguish a forest and land fire at Petuk Katimpun in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, on August 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/18/bond-yields-jump-oil-extends-gains-as-us-iran-ceasefire-expires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/18/2026_08_18_178769_1787025369.JPG People walk on a street in Tehran on Aug. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/javan-hawk-eagle-garuda-hatches-before-independence-day-celebrations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/16/2026_08_16_178732_1786879637.jpg Female Javan hawk-eagle Riska (left) feeds her newly hatched hatchling Garuda in this undated picture take from a video at Indonesian Safari Park (TSI) in Cisarua, Bogor regency, West Java. Garuda was born on June 16, 2026, as the ninth offspring hatched by Riska and her male partner Hanum at Bogor TSI. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/rainless-days-exacerbate-air-pollution-in-jakarta https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/21/2026_07_21_177846_1784612475.jpg Skyscrapers in Jakarta are shrouded in haze on July 20 in East Jakarta. Jakarta's Air Quality Index (AQI) averaged between 120 and 168 in mid-July 2026, placing the city's air quality in the unhealthy category. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/18/analysis-ex-top-prosecutors-exit-strategy-feels-like-political-theatre https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178716_1786798500.jpg Former assistant attorney general for special crimes Febrie Adriansyah (center) is escorted to a prisoner van after undergoing a questioning at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) building in South Jakarta on July 24, 2026. The AGO named Febrie as a suspect in a money laundering case. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/aceh-flag-clash-exposes-frustration-over-central-govts-slow-flood-recovery https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/15/2026_08_15_178714_1786796990.jpg Angry protesters shout at soldiers as they remove a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) flag on Aug. 15, 2026, displayed alongside the Indonesian national flag during a rally at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh. Thousands of people gathered to mark the 21st anniversary of the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) peace agreement, which ended nearly three decades of conflict. The raising of the separatist-linked flag, although not explicitly banned by the 2005 peace deal, remains a highly controversial issue, with central government authorities often prohibiting its display. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/negligence-blamed-for-free-meal-poisoning-that-sickened-350-students https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/05/2026_04_05_174351_1775383609.jpg A schoolchild is treated in a hospital in Jakarta on April 4, 2026, after consuming a packaged meal prepared under the free nutritious meal program. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/economic-woes-disasters-dim-independence-day-celebrations https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178748_1786961657.jpg This handout photo taken and released on Monday by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a rescuer conducting operations near a collapsed mosque following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Satar Kampas village, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The 7.7-magnitude quake early on Saturday killed 54 people and injured more than 100. Rescue officials have said there were no reports of people missing. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178749_1786961915.JPG President Prabowo Subianto gestures next to former President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday during a ceremony marking the country's 81st Independence Day, at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178750_1786962551.jpg Firefighters take a moment to commemorate Indonesia's 81st Independence Day by hoisting the national flag on Saturday in an area affected by forest and land fires in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/08/18/a-well-intentioned-budget https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178653_1786679532.JPG Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual state of nation address in front of members of the legislature, ahead of the country's 81st Independence Day anniversary, on Aug. 14 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/18/powerful-aftershocks-rattle-ntt-as-earthquake-death-toll-climbs-to-68 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178748_1786961657.jpg This handout photo taken and released on Monday by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows a rescuer conducting operations near a collapsed mosque following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Satar Kampas village, East Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). The 7.7-magnitude quake early on Saturday killed 54 people and injured more than 100. Rescue officials have said there were no reports of people missing. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/17/returning-migrant-worker-arrested-for-smuggling-drugs-from-malaysia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/01/28/2023_01_28_134948_1674870933.jpg Two small bags of white powder lay next to an undated illustration of drugs wrapped in plastic packets. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/17/ambitious-targets-cast-doubt-on-prudent-budget-plan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/25/2025_12_25_170746_1766670523.jpg The Finance Ministry offices are pictured on Dec. 6, 2024, in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/17/kushner-to-meet-netanyahu-after-talks-with-hamas-on-gaza-plan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178747_1786957122.jpg Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, speaks during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/17/trump-orders-pentagon-to-cut-back-military-exercises-with-south-korea https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178746_1786956547.JPG US Army soldiers take part in a US-South Korea joint river-crossing exercise, which is a part of the annual Freedom Shield joint military training, near the demilitarized zone separating South and North Korea, in Yeoncheon, South Korea, March 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/17/search-for-quake-victims-underway-on-independence-day https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178745_1786953637.JPG People in a makeshift hospital tent outside a damaged hospital, in the aftermath of an earthquake in Nagekeo, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on August 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/08/17/indonesias-rare-earth-push-faces-low-content-costly-extraction-hurdles https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/02/2026_06_02_176272_1780365697.jpeg Indonesian Military (TNI) chief of general staff Lt. Gen. Richard Taruli H. Tampubolon (second right) holds a sack of mineral black sand while the Republic of Indonesia Fleet Command (Koarmada RI) Vice Adm. Denih Hendrata (second left) looks on at the Indonesian Navy’s Naval Command (Kodaeral) IV/Batam headquarters’ pier in Batam, Riau Islands, on May 26, 2026. The Indonesian Navy intercepted on May 17, 2026, a tugboat and a barge carrying 25 containers of some 390 tonnes of raw minerals containing illegal rare earth metals and radioactive elements in Riau Islands waters. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/17/gerindra-rallies-coalition-partners-amid-prabowos-waning-public-support https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/16/2026_08_16_178727_1786857551.jpg Gerindra Party secretary-general Sugiono (second row, third left) poses for a group photo with high ranking officials of pro-government political parties after a meeting in Jakarta on Aug. 13, 2026. During the meeting, the party officials discussed various political issues, including the revisions of election-related regulations at the House of Representatives. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/16/2026_08_16_178726_1786857551.JPG President Prabowo Subianto is displayed on screens as he delivers his annual State of the Nation address ahead of the country's 81st Independence Day anniversary in front of the members of the legislative bodies during the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/08/17/palace-marks-independence-day-amid-deadly-earthquake-in-flores https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178744_1786936736.jpg Mounted infantry troops march on Aug. 17, 2026, from the National Monument (Monas) to the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta ahead of the annual flag-hoisting ceremony to commemorate the 81st Independence Day. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178743_1786936201.jpg A national flag bearer prepares to hoist the flag at a ceremony to mark Indonesia’s 81st Independence Day in the morning of Aug. 17, 2026, at the Manggarai regent office in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), which was damaged in a powerful earthquake over the weekend. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178741_1786935290.JPG Villagers living near the coast carry their belongings to higher ground following an aftershock from the earthquake in Ende, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) on Aug. 17, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/08/17/kushner-meets-with-hamas-in-push-to-revive-gaza-plan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/08/14/2020_08_14_102324_1597354945.JPG Then White House adviser Jared Kushner speaks during a press briefing on the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates at White House in Washington, US, August 13, 2020.