https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/21/prabowo-braces-for-a-2029-showdown-with-jokowi https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/05/2025_10_05_167275_1759652767.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left), who also chairs the Gerindra Party, and former president Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo pose on stage during the party's 17th anniversary in Bogor, West Java, on Feb. 15, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/21/asian-stocks-rally-as-tech-firms-enjoy-bounce-ahead-of-key-earnings https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178646_1786677211.JPG A currency dealer works as an electronic board displays the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), the exchange rate between the US dollar and South Korean won and the Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) at the dealing room of a bank in Seoul on July 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/21/productivity-competitiveness-and-quality-employment-keys-to-prosperity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/26/2026_06_26_177048_1782473773.jpg A handout underwater picture taken in September 2025 by environmental NGO Auriga Nusantara shows bleached corals caused by nickel waste pollution near Manuran Island in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua. Nickel mining continues to threaten one of the world's most important marine biodiversity and coral hotspots in Indonesia, despite the government revoking several permits, a report warned on Sept. 25, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/21/indonesian-diplomats-help-keep-multilateral-diplomacy-moving-in-un https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180822_1792495749.JPG A general view of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) hall at the UN headquarters, as the 81st UNGA takes place in New York City, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180820_1792495749.JPG President of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Khalilur Rahman addresses the 81st UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, the United States, on Sept. 22, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180827_1792503062.jpeg Multilateral duties: (From left to right) Minister Counsellor Supriyanto Suwito, Counsellor Mochamad Iqbal Sirie and Counsellor Daniel Simanjuntak speak to journalists on Sept. 21, 2026 during an interview at the office of Indonesia's permanent mission to the United Nations in New York City, the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/21/jakartas-market-reckoning-speed-limits-or-real-teeth https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180647_1791950629.JPG A man uses his mobile phone in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/toxic-forest-fire-pollution-chokes-childrens-health https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180826_1792502891.jpg School students wear mask while walking on the street in Palembang, South Sumatra as the city is hit by haze from forest and peatland fire. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180825_1792502891.jpg A teacher teaches her student through video conference on Friday at SDN 001 Balikpapan Tengah state elementary school in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. The Balikpapan administration imposed a remote learning policy for formal schools up to junior high school level and nonformal learning institution from Oct. 14 to 16 because of worsening air quality caused by the haze from forest and peatland fire. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/agrarian-minister-comes-under-scrutiny-for-ignoring-kpk-summonses https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/21/2026_09_21_179928_1789972925.jpeg Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Nusron Wahid answers questions from journalists in Jakarta on Sept. 18, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/21/capital-market-needs-enforcement-not-more-rules https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180647_1791950629.JPG A man uses his mobile phone in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/21/analysis-bmris-bond-issue-himbaras-government-financing-under-scrutiny https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180808_1792471198.jpg State-owned Bank Mandiri buildings in Jakarta pictured in this undated file photo. (Courtesy of Bank Mandiri) https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/bareskrim-names-five-suspects-in-batam-blackout-losses-reach-rp-57-3b https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/06/2024_12_06_158054_1733466984.jpg A technician from state electricity company PLN stands atop a transmission tower during regular maintenance work on Dec. 27, 2023, in Palu, Central Sulawesi. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/growing-discontent-spills-into-streets-as-prabowo-marks-two-years-in-office https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180823_1792501807.jpg Protesters rally against the government’s sluggish handling of forest and peatland fires and some President Prabowo Subianto’s welfare policies, during a protest on the second anniversary of Prabowo's administration on Jl. Asia Africa in Bandung, West Java, on Oct. 20, 2026. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180809_1792472596.jpg Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurl a protest banner on Oct. 20 atop the Welcome Statue (Patung Selamat Datang) at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180824_1792501807.jpg Protesters gather around Simpang Lima intersection during a demonstration against the government’s sluggish handling of forest and peatland fires in Bandung, West Java, on Oct. 20, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/strategic-constraints-still-cloud-prabowos-global-ambitions https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180564_1791778872.JPG Indonesia's newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (right) and former foreign minister and current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Sugiono attend a handover ceremony on Oct. 12 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/australia-detains-22-fishermen-from-east-java-harvesting-sea-cucumbers https://img.jakpost.net/c/2022/07/25/2022_07_25_128238_1658729559.png Archeologists from the Western Australia Museum dig up artifacts left by Indonesian fishermen in Western Australia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/21/new-n-sumatra-police-chief-acts-swiftly-against-drug-dens https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/01/28/2023_01_28_134948_1674870933.jpg Illustration of drugs wrapped in plastic packets. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/21/anwars-rohingya-gamble https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180807_1792468867.jpg Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing (left) walks with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during a welcome ceremony on Oct. 8 at the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya, Malaysia. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/fdi-beats-domestic-investment-with-strong-annual-growth https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/23/2026_03_23_173894_1774275027.jpg Light traffic is seen on the Thamrin thoroughfare in Central Jakarta on March 23 during the Eid al-Fitr holiday period. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/idx-overhauls-index-to-limit-fallout-from-msci-warning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/07/08/2026_07_08_177405_1783489393.jpg An electronic board displays stock prices on Jan. 29 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/20/an-unhappy-republic-frances-troubles-extend-beyond-the-street https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180817_1792489801.jpg A man walks past a row of burnt out vehicles on Rue Yves Toudic destroyed after a nationwide protest against the “high cost of living“, in central Paris on October 19, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/20/malaysia-deregisters-main-opposition-bloc-as-elections-loom https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/16/2024_12_16_158375_1734332649.jpg Former prime minister of Malaysia and Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at the court in Gua Musang in Kelantan state on Aug. 27, 2024, after being charged for sedition over monarchy remarks. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/20/indonesia-probes-crash-of-suspected-chinese-rocket-fragment https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180816_1792488524.jpg This picture taken on October 19, 2026 shows residents, plantation workers, and security officials gather around a large charred metallic fragment, suspected to be rocket debris, at an oil palm plantation in East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/rethinking-ferry-tariffs-to-strengthen-indonesias-connectivity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/14/2026_09_14_179720_1789378309.JPG Rescuers work during a search operation on Sept. 13 after the Virgo Transport 8 ferry sank in the Java Sea while sailing from Surabaya, East Java, to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/indonesia-to-allow-limited-coal-quota-relaxation-as-prices-surge https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/24/2026_08_24_178951_1787529941.jpg Heavy equipment is operated at a coal mine in East Kalimantan in this undated photograph. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/is-indonesias-democracy-still-worth-the-name https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/14/2026_08_14_178675_1786703430.JPG President Prabowo Subianto (center front) and House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (left) wave on Aug. 14, 2026, as Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right) looks on, as they arrive at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta ahead of the annual State of the Nation Address. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/20/helicopter-requested-to-extinguish-forest-fires-on-mount-lawu https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/08/24/2020_08_24_103011_1598266495.jpg Mount Lawu is pictured in this undated file photo. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/indonesian-markets-inch-up-after-authorities-move-to-stem-rout-on-msci-expulsion-fears https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180647_1791950629.JPG A man uses his mobile phone in front of an electronic board displaying stock prices at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/the-frequent-flier-president-high-stakes-global-tour https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/06/2026_03_06_173409_1772788557.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left) listens to United States President Donald Trump on Feb. 19, 2026, during the signing ceremony for the US-Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) in Washington, DC. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/whither-remilitarization-two-years-of-prabowos-administration https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180722_1792121666.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (in passenger seat) and Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto (second left, standing) ride an open-top jeep bearing the license plate “Indonesia 1” on Oct. 5, 2026, while inspecting troops during the 81st TNI Day parade in Cilangkap, East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/asian-shares-tumble-oil-rises-as-markets-await-ai-sector-results 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/2026/10/20/bigger-not-better-prabowos-two-year-report-card https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/30/2025_12_30_170843_1767059736.jpg A worker inspects rice sacks on Dec. 29, 2025, at the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) warehouse in Lambaro, Aceh. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/10/20/dutch-royal-family-backed-colonial-rule-from-the-beginning-study-finds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/19/2026_10_19_180788_1792388996.jpg Colonial reckoning: Five books from a research project examining the House of Orange-Nassau’s role in colonialism, alongside a summary for general readers, 'Oranje en de Koloniën', '1600-2025: De koloniale geschiedenis van het Huis Oranje-Nassau' (Orange and the Colonies, 1600-2025: The Colonial History of the House of Orange-Nassau), are displayed at Leiden University in the Netherlands in this undated photo. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/19/2026_10_19_180789_1792388998.png Facing the past: King Willem-Alexander (left) receives the research findings from historian Gert Oostindie (right) at Leiden University in the Netherlands on Oct. 2, 2026. The king described the findings as a “heart-rending and uncomfortable conclusion.” https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/a-two-year-roller-coaster-with-the-free-meals-program https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/25/2026_09_25_180091_1790355202.jpg Students lay on cots as they are treated for food poisoning linked to the free nutritious meal program on Sept. 2, 2026, at Sidoarjo Regional General Hospital in the East Java regency. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/20/govt-appears-to-shield-itself-from-criticism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/28/2026_08_28_179090_1787889425.jpg Police form a barricade on the Jakarta Inner-City Toll Road during a protest by the United Pati People’s Alliance (AMPB) near the House of Representatives in Central Jakarta on Aug. 27, 2026. The Jakarta Police deployed 4,274 personnel to police the demonstration. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/20/diaspora-feel-left-out-of-dual-nationality-proposal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/07/06/2023_07_06_139982_1688640113.jpg Stock illustration of an Indonesian passport. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/two-years-of-prabowo-resilience-today-bills-tomorrow https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/13/2026_05_13_175697_1778667047.jpg President Prabowo Subianto delivers remarks during the handover of administrative fines and forest land at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta on May 13, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/analysis-gibran-wont-be-impeached-but-thats-not-the-point https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/19/2026_10_19_180787_1792388915.jpg An image of Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is displayed in a frame outside a photo framing shop on Thursday in the Jatinegara area of East Jakarta https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/20/un-chief-highlights-indonesias-role-in-multilateralism https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/19/2026_10_19_180793_1792415582.JPG UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his speech during the Foreign Policy Circle Talks on Oct. 19 in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/20/economy-strong-on-paper-but-people-struggling https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/29/2025_09_29_167038_1759114549.JPG Workers carry sacks of rice at a wholesale market in Jakarta, September 22, 2025. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/20/prabowo-begins-third-year-with-tighter-grip-as-public-support-slips https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/10/20/2024_10_20_156320_1729410111.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (center) waves to a crowd of well-wishers on Oct. 20, 2024, as he heads to the State Palace following his inauguration at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/20/power-for-the-people https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/05/2026_10_05_180363_1791206677.jpg President Prabowo Subianto (left), accompanied by Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto (center) and other senior officers, pass by a contingent of Indonesian peacekeepers during a parade to celebrate the 81st anniversary of the military in Cilangkap, East Jakarta, on Oct. 5, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/19/government-extends-some-halal-certification-deadlines-to-2028 https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/23/2026_02_23_172908_1771851347.jpg The Halal Indonesia logo, issued by the Religious Affairs Ministry’s Halal Product Assurance Administration Agency (BPJPH), is displayed on Feb. 23, 2026, on the storefront of a health and beauty outlet inside the Mall@Bassura retail complex in Jatinegara, East Jakarta.