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. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/business-players-warn-against-confining-data-centers-to-industrial-estates https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/26/2026_02_26_173044_1772087133.jpg A Microsoft data center is seen under construction on Feb. 4, 2026, in Karawang, West Java. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/govt-denies-censoring-wildfire-posts-on-social-media https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180895_1792669914.jpg A protester holds a banner that reads “Put out the fire, not people's voice!“ during a demonstration marking the second anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka's administration at the Tugu Tani monument in Central Jakarta on Oct. 20, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180894_1792669913.jpg Firefighters and residents use hoses to extinguish spreading wildfires amid dense smoke and a hazy sunset in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-loses-over-30-billion-in-3rd-quarter https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/19/2026_02_19_172775_1771514280.jpg A man with a backpack and a rifle on his back makes his way on skis across a snowy landscape on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026, as the sunlight hits the summit of Hiorthfjellet in Longyearbyen, the administrative center of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/websites-go-dark-as-ai-exposes-critical-security-flaws https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180891_1792663000.jpg An illustration picture taken on October 21, 2026 shows a padlock in front of binary code on a laptop screen in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. Government agencies and companies around the world shut down websites on October 21, 2026 after two critical flaws came to light involving PHP, a programming language that is the basis for a large share of the internet. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/22/focus-turns-to-firms-as-indonesia-fire-haze-worsens 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 from the land and forest fire in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, on October 21, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/indonesia-weighs-halt-of-gas-exports-as-nation-enters-survival-mode https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/06/09/2023_06_09_139187_1686272592.jpg State-owned electricity company PLN operates a small liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Benoa port in Bali. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/indonesia-will-not-approach-8-gdp-growth-anytime-soon-fitch-forecasts https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/09/2026_05_09_175551_1778310815.jpg Two women in masks stroll down a sidewalk along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on April 16, 2020. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/police-bust-vietnam-bound-lobster-larvae-ring-in-batam https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/12/17/2019_12_17_83700_1576579483.jpg Smuggled lobster seeds https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/the-illusion-of-customary-rights-protection-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/10/2024_12_10_158191_1733828936.jpeg Protest signs are pictured on Dec. 5, 2024, on the outskirts of Sembulang village on Rempang Island, where a glass and solar panel manufacturing site is to be constructed. Set up by a group of villagers resisting eviction for the industrial project, the signs reads: “To those who have accepted relocation: You are strictly prohibited from coming back to Sembulang!!!”. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/can-minister-arrmanatha-make-foreign-ministry-great-again https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180562_1791778869.JPG Newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (right) reacts as former foreign minister and current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs, Sugiono, embraces him during a handover ceremony at the Foreign Ministry in Central Jakarta on Oct. 12, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/main-story/2026/10/22/machines-without-a-beating-heart https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180859_1792570804.png https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/high-shipping-costs-deepen-the-oil-market-crisis https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179461_1788669620.jpg Tanker vessels unload imported crude oil on July 16, 2026, at Qingdao port in Shandong province, East China. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/government-websites-go-dark-after-ai-discovered-flaw-sparks-security-scramble https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/23/2025_10_23_168025_1761187533.JPG Cracking the code: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/understanding-adapting-to-the-new-world-disorder https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/22/2026_03_22_173874_1774179139.jpeg Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left) greets Chinese President Xi Jinping as the latter arrives in Kuala Lumpur on April 15, 2025, for a three-day visit to the Southeast Asian country. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/greenpeace-activists-released-after-banner-protest-at-jakarta-landmark https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180814_1792478583.jpg Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurled two giant banners from the top of the Tugu Selamat Datang monumnet at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Oct. 20, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180811_1792472600.JPG A Greenpeace Indonesia activist walks toward an ambulance for a medical checkup after climbing atop the Tugu Selamat Datang monument to unfurl a protest banner at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Oct. 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/trafficked-orangutan-repatriated-from-india https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179636_1789134310.jpg This handout photograph taken on Sept. 8, 2026 and released by the Odisha Forest Department shows orangutans sitting next to bananas upon their rescue by officials at the Ranakatha Protected Reserved Forest in Balasore district, in India's Odisha state. Indian officials rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest on Sept. 8, 2026, a state minister said, with authorities suspecting they were trafficked into the country from Southeast Asia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/who-are-really-behind-indonesias-forest-fires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180744_1792156378.jpg A street is choked by haze from forest fires on Oct. 15 in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan. Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with smoke drifting across the region. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/im-sorry-indonesians-apologize-urge-foreign-pressure-over-haze https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180865_1792586220.JPG People ride wooden boats on the Kahayan River on Sunday as haze from forest and peatland fires shrouds Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180864_1792586220.jpg People jog and cycle at a park on Monday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the country continues to be shrouded in haze caused by forest and peatland fires in Indonesia.