https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/05/yenny-wahid-takes-on-southeast-asia-womens-group-leadership https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/17/2026_08_17_178751_1786967427.jpg Power struggle: Yenny Wahid (center) holds the organizational flag on June 3, 2026 after being elected as the chair of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) during an extraordinary, breakaway congress held in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/05/ri-posts-strong-gdp-growth-on-better-trade-balance https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/05/2026_11_05_181281_1793871163.jpeg The Kemang district of South Jakarta, located a few kilometers from the Sudirman Central Business District (SCBD), is captured on Oct. 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/05/indonesia-defends-climate-goals-as-fire-emissions-soar https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/13/2026_10_13_180623_1791897457.jpg Firefighters work on cointaining a wildfire in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, on October 13, 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/2026/11/05/indonesia-economy-picks-up-pace-in-third-quarter https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/08/2025_09_08_166263_1757336926.jpg Riding the surge: Passengers wait for the arrival of a mass rapid transit (MRT) train on Sept. 4 at Blok M Station, South Jakarta. PT MRT Jakarta recorded around 4.4 million passengers using its services in July 2025, up from 3.8 million in June 2025, driven by factors such as integration with other transport modes and nearby buildings, feeder transit partners and lifestyle and tourism programs. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/05/indonesia-to-bypass-neighbor-middlemen-in-natural-resource-exports https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/01/02/2023_01_02_134090_1672638358.JPG Workers load palm oil fresh fruit bunches to be transported from the collector site to CPO factories in Pekanbaru, Riau province, April 27, 2022. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/05/indonesia-holds-its-red-lines-at-faltering-wto-deputy-representative-says https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181197_1793610826.png Nur Rakhman Setyoko, deputy permanent representative of Indonesia to the World Trade Organization https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/05/french-bank-says-cyberattack-stole-around-100-million https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/05/2026_11_05_181276_1793853215.jpg This photograph shows the logo of Credit Mutuel-Arkea in Brest, western France, on March 16, 2018. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/05/dozens-of-homes-damaged-as-rare-hailstorms-hit-west-java-lampung https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181255_1793786443.png A resident holds ice pellets after a rare hailstorm struck West Lampung, Lampung province, on Nov. 1, 2026, damaging several homes and public facilities. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/05/democrats-gain-influence-over-trade-agenda-but-impact-may-be-limited https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/03/2026_06_03_176349_1780496072.jpg People watch as the Doris Ocean container ship departs from the Port of Los Angeles on May 28, 2026 in Los Angeles, California, United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/05/pln-batam-provides-compensation-for-blackout-reshuffles-management https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180702_1792062918.jpeg The PLN headquarters building is seen in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/05/trump-tries-to-brush-off-midterms-rout-as-democrats-celebrate https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/05/2026_11_05_181273_1793843454.jpg US President Donald Trump waves as he departs after delivering remarks at the construction site of the East Wing ballroom at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2026. Democrats seized control of the US Congress on November 3, capturing the Senate and House of Representatives. The Democratic landslide will give the opposition power to block legislation, launch broad investigations into Trump's administration and thwart his judicial and senior government appointments. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/05/analysis-msci-recurring-warning-exposes-persistent-governance-failures https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181259_1793808536.jpg An electronic board displays stock prices on Jan. 29 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/05/byd-protest-exposes-challenge-in-shifting-industrial-workforce https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/07/2026_09_07_179499_1788778496.jpg A vehicle is under construction at BYD’s first new energy vehicle manufacturing facility in the Subang Smartpolitan Industrial Estate, West Java, in September 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/05/troops-descend-on-jakarta-amid-wiretapping-scandal https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181258_1793801682.JPG A woman goes for an afternoon run past several Marine Corps trucks parked within the National Monument (Monas) complex in Central Jakarta on Nov.4, 2026. Jakarta is on high alert, with thousands of military personnel deployed across the capital following the arrest of three police generals over alleged illegal wiretapping of President Prabowo Subianto. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/05/five-customs-officers-held-by-residents-after-inspection-dispute https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/11/2025_12_11_170159_1765443072.jpg A sleeve patch featuring the logo of the Finance Ministry's Customs and Excise directorate general is seen in this stock photo taken on March 13, 2023. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/05/ten-years-lost-in-two https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/04/10/2026_04_10_174570_1775836559.JPG Penalty money: President Prabowo Subianto gestures on April 10 at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in Jakarta during a ceremony marking the work of his forestry task force that has led to a crackdown on illegal plantations and mines. Prabowo delivered a speech in front of stacks of banknotes representing fines paid by companies found to have operated illegally in forest areas. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/indonesia-seeks-stronger-haze-response-ahead-of-asean-summit https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181257_1793794217.jpg Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (left, speaking) leads a ministerial-level coordination meeting to address the persistent forest and land fires and their resulting transboundary haze in Jakarta on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/wiretapping-scandal-adds-to-market-jitters-threatens-investor-confidence https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/14/2026_10_14_180648_1791950633.JPG A man uses his mobile phone in front of a reflection of an electronic board displaying stock prices on Oct. 14 at the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) building in South Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/ministry-orders-firms-to-rewet-peatlands-as-fires-persist https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181256_1793793068.jpg A firefighter sprays water to extinguish a wildfire burning organic-rich peatland on Oct. 4, which smolders underground and releases dense smoke in Pulang Pisau regency, in Central Kalimantan.. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179634_1789132279.jpg An Indonesian Air Force trooper signals a helicopter during a water bombing mission on Sept. 10 in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/water-bombing-helicopter-crash-kills-one-in-central-kalimantan https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179634_1789132279.jpg An Indonesian Air Force trooper signals a helicopter during a water bombing mission at a peatland in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan on Sept. 10, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/google-unveils-15b-data-center-investment-in-malaysia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/05/2026_02_05_172241_1770269593.jpg A pedestrian walks by a sign at Google headquarters on Feb. 4, 2026, in Mountain View, California, United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/gibran-in-limbo-as-house-mulls-response https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/08/2026_10_08_180461_1791463634.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/business/2026/11/04/exporters-wary-of-danantaras-commodity-export-fees https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/11/14/2025_11_14_168994_1763113316.jpg A vehicle moves past stacks of cargo containers on July 7 at the Jakarta International Container Terminal at the Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/president-prabowo-sacks-chief-of-staff-listyo-for-alleged-wiretapping- https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/09/01/2025_09_01_166058_1756727982.jpg After the storm: President Prabowo Subianto (right) speaks with National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo after visiting injured police officers at the National Police Hospital in Kramat Jati, Jakarta, on Sept. 1, 2025. President Prabowo visits officers who are wounded during clashes at a protest in Jakarta and instructs the police chief to grant them extraordinary promotions. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/democrat-abdul-el-sayed-claims-victory-in-michigan-senate-battle https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180962_1792901090.jpg Former US President Barack Obama (center), Democrat Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed (left) and Michigan Secretary of State and Democrat gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson (right) raise joined hands as they campaign together with other Michigan Democratics at a rally in Detroit, Michigan on October 24, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/finance-ministry-forecasts-gdp-growth-at-5-4-percent https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181246_1793763045.jpeg Financial Services Authority (OJK) chief Friderica Widyasari Dewi (left), Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara (second-left), Bank Indonesia Governor Destry Damayanti (second right) and Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) chairman Anggto Abimanyu pose for a photo during a Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK) press conference on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/letter-to-the-editor-senior-myanmar-diplomat-responds https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/08/06/2026_08_06_178377_1785994222.jpg Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing (second left) and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (left) inspect a guard of honor on Aug. 6, 2026, during a ceremony at Government House in Bangkok to welcome the former junta chief. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/japanese-tech-firm-ntt-data-scales-up-jakarta-data-center-capacity https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181247_1793763143.jpeg Japanese tech firm NTT Data launched a new data center facility in Jakarta on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/ex-police-chief-listyo-may-have-committed-treason-by-wiretapping-president-govt https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/02/06/2026_02_06_172291_1770349952.jpg National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo attends a hearing on Jan. 26, 2026, with House of Representatives Commission III, which oversees legal affairs, at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/democrats-capture-house-and-senate-in-sweeping-setback-for-trump https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181248_1793769068.jpg Supporters cheer after the announcement that Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta, is projected to win the Georgia gubernatorial race during a US midterm election night party in Atlanta, Georgia, on November 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/what-cop31s-climate-bridge-can-learn-from-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/09/26/2023_09_26_142702_1695703003.jpg An employee sweeps a footpath on July 18, 2022, in the Mangrove and Proboscis Monkey Conservation Area (KKBM) in Tarakan, North Kalimantan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/police-ban-officers-from-using-vapes-over-drugs-abuse-concerns https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/25/2026_10_25_180969_1792922500.jpg National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto (fifth left), Customs and Excise Director General Djaka Budhi Utama (sixth left), North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution (third left), North Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen. Sonny Irawan (right) and Bukit Barisan Military Command chief Maj. Gen. Hendy Antariksa (fifth right) display evidence during the disclosure of a ketamine trafficking case on Oct. 23 in Belawan, Medan, North Sumatra. The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), the Customs and Excise Directorate General and the National Police's Water and Air Police Directorate jointly uncovered a drug trafficking operation involving the vessel MT Global 168, arresting six Indonesian nationals and a Taiwanese citizen and seizing 1.16 tonnes of ketamine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/why-ukraines-food-exports-matter-to-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/02/2026_11_02_181184_1793592027.jpg A cargo vessel leaves a port in the Black Sea on March 26, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine. https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/innolab-facilitates-strategic-partnership-opportunities-for-global-companies-in-indonesia https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181244_1793762186.jpg (Second right) Grace Anastasia, VP global partnership & go-to market Living Lab Ventures, alongside Living Lab Ventures management officially launched Innovation Lab/Innolab as part of the Kumpul Connect for Change Summit 2026 on Oct. 20 at The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Mega Kuningan. (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181245_1793762397.jpg (L-R): Quinta Binar Resista, AVP of public relations Sinar Mas Land; Patrick Lay, founder & director of Retragreen; Grace Anastasia, VP of global partnership & go-to-market at Living Lab Ventures; and Priscilla Tjin, senior international representative MDEC at a panel discussion titled “Accelerating Real-World Innovation” at the launch of Innolab as part of the Kumpul Connect for Change Summit 2026 on Oct. 20, 2026 at The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Mega Kuningan. (Courtesy of Sinar Mas Land) https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/11/04/investors-brace-for-gridlock-as-democrats-projected-to-win-house https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181243_1793762109.JPG A poll worker assists voters during the US midterm elections at Pullman Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Nov. 3, 2026. https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/11/04/bnpb-steps-up-cloud-seeding-as-wildfires-persist-in-south-papua https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/23/2026_10_23_180932_1792755551.jpg Flames engulf parts of a 58-kilometer stretch of the Merauke food estate corridor in South Papua on Aug. 12, extending from near Wanam village in Ilwayab district to Muting district. Despite suffering one of Indonesia’s largest burn scars, Papua remains excluded from areas prioritized for firefighting operations amid the regional haze crisis. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/when-new-technology-launches-outrun-learning https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/12/16/2025_12_16_170350_1765820956.jpg Robots to the rescue: Three Indonesian students from Team Bayu Sakti, Arga Wibawa (left), Owen Tay Jia Hao (center) and Ksatria Wibawa Putra Murti demonstrate how the Rajawali drone works on Dec. 15, 2025, at the ACS Jakarta School in East Jakarta. https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2026/11/04/intan-paramadithas-novel-breaks-new-ground-on-the-us-literary-stage https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181238_1793752510.JPG Literary recognition: Intan Paramaditha holds a copy of her novel and finalist for the United States’ 2026 National Book Award for Translated Literature, Night of a Thousand Hells, which was translated by Stephen J. Epstein and Tiffany Tsao from the Indonesian original, Malam Seribu Jahanam. https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181237_1793752508.jpg Roaring recognition: The cover of Night of a Thousand Hells by Intan Paramaditha and translated into English by Stephen J. Epstein and Tiffany Tsao, published by Europa Editions, bears the medallion denoting it is among the finalists of the 2026 National Book Awards in the United States. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/11/04/as-americans-vote-trump-says-us-will-stop-4-billion-in-aid-to-israel https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/11/04/2026_11_04_181239_1793758238.jpg Jim Watson/ AFP In this file photo, US President Donald Trump (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they arrive to speak to journalists during a joint press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 29, 2025. Trump hosted Netanyahu in Florida on December 29 for crucial talks on moving to the next stage of the fragile Gaza truce plan. https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/11/04/is-the-palm-industry-the-only-culprit-behind-wildfires https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180865_1792586220.JPG People travel the Kahayan River on motorized longboats on Oct. 18, 2026, as haze from forest and peatland fires shrouds Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan.