<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Jakarta Post - Always Bold. Always Independent</title><link>https://www.thejakartapost.com</link><atom:link href="http://rss.thejakartapost.com/home" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>Latest articles about news, business, lifestyle, travel, opinion, community, and more</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>PT. Bina Media Tenggara. All rights reserved. 2019</copyright><image><title>The Jakarta Post - Always Bold. Always Independent</title><url>https://www.thejakartapost.com/skin/img/logo.jpg</url><link>https://www.thejakartapost.com</link></image><generator>Palbarware v1 (ip-10-11-3-111)</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Websites go dark as AI exposes critical security flaws]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/websites-go-dark-as-ai-exposes-critical-security-flaws.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180891_1792663000._medium.jpg"></p><p>PHP helps run about 70 percent of the world's websites -- from online stores and news outlets to government services -- according to Wiz Research, one of the cybersecurity firms that found the two flaws.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/websites-go-dark-as-ai-exposes-critical-security-flaws.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180891_1792663000._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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. ]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:02:55 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus turns to firms as Indonesia fire haze worsens]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/22/focus-turns-to-firms-as-indonesia-fire-haze-worsens.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180890_1792660992._medium.jpg"></p><p>Indonesia has announced "administrative sanctions" against dozens of firms and criminal proceedings against 125 individuals and corporations. But previously prosecuted firms have gotten away with not paying fines or carrying out forest restoration. </p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2026/10/22/focus-turns-to-firms-as-indonesia-fire-haze-worsens.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/22/2026_10_22_180890_1792660992._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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. ]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:37:59 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Asia and Pacific]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesia weighs halt of gas exports as nation enters ‘survival mode’]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/indonesia-weighs-halt-of-gas-exports-as-nation-enters-survival-mode.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/06/09/2023_06_09_139187_1686272592._medium.jpg"></p><p>The government is considering halting natural gas exports to neighboring countries as Coordinating Downstreaming and Energy Transition Minister Bahlil Lahadalia says Indonesia must prioritize domestic needs as it enters what he described as “survival mode.”</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/indonesia-weighs-halt-of-gas-exports-as-nation-enters-survival-mode.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/06/09/2023_06_09_139187_1686272592._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[State-owned electricity company PLN operates a small liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Benoa port in Bali.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:15:27 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesia will not approach 8% GDP growth anytime soon, Fitch forecasts]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/indonesia-will-not-approach-8-gdp-growth-anytime-soon-fitch-forecasts.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/09/2026_05_09_175551_1778310815._medium.jpg"></p><p>A Fitch statement released on Wednesday forecast Indonesia's GDP growth would likely hover around 4.9 percent in 2027 and 2028, nowhere near the President’s ambitious 8 percent target despite an upward revision from an initial projection of 4.7 percent.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/indonesia-will-not-approach-8-gdp-growth-anytime-soon-fitch-forecasts.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/05/09/2026_05_09_175551_1778310815._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[Two women in masks stroll down a sidewalk along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on April 16, 2020.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:17:03 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police bust Vietnam-bound lobster larvae ring in Batam]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/police-bust-vietnam-bound-lobster-larvae-ring-in-batam.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/12/17/2019_12_17_83700_1576579483._medium.jpg"></p><p>The bust came a week after Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono formally enacted a permanent ban on exporting the marine resource, backed by Presidential Regulation No. 69/2026, which established a national task force to dismantle smuggling networks.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/police-bust-vietnam-bound-lobster-larvae-ring-in-batam.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2019/12/17/2019_12_17_83700_1576579483._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[Smuggled lobster seeds ]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:02:20 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Archipelago]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[The illusion of customary rights protection in Indonesia]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/the-illusion-of-customary-rights-protection-in-indonesia.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/10/2024_12_10_158191_1733828936._medium.jpg"></p><p>Behind the veneer of administrative procedure, Indonesia’s legal system continues to sacrifice ancestral lands to state-backed megaprojects, reducing constitutional rights for Indigenous peoples to little more than a paper tiger.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/the-illusion-of-customary-rights-protection-in-indonesia.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2024/12/10/2024_12_10_158191_1733828936._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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!!!”.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:12:12 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Minister Arrmanatha make Foreign Ministry great again?]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/can-minister-arrmanatha-make-foreign-ministry-great-again.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180562_1791778869._medium.jpg"></p><p>Arrmanatha inherits an institutional legacy, but his real test is whether he can restore the ministry’s authority in shaping Indonesian foreign policy.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/can-minister-arrmanatha-make-foreign-ministry-great-again.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/12/2026_10_12_180562_1791778869._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:11:11 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machines Without a Beating Heart?]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/main-story/2026/10/22/machines-without-a-beating-heart.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180859_1792570804._medium.jpg"></p><p>As electric cars reshape the driving experience, enthusiasts wrestle with what makes a car special: the roar of its engine, the quirks of an aging machine, or the memories we leave behind the wheel.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/main-story/2026/10/22/machines-without-a-beating-heart.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180859_1792570804._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:00:01 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[FEATURES]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[High shipping costs deepen the oil market crisis ]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/high-shipping-costs-deepen-the-oil-market-crisis.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179461_1788669620._medium.jpg"></p><p>Even as Asian crude imports head toward recovery, soaring logistics costs due to the Middle East war are cutting into refiners' margins, prompting them to seek solutions that would put pressure back on Gulf producers.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/high-shipping-costs-deepen-the-oil-market-crisis.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/06/2026_09_06_179461_1788669620._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[Tanker vessels unload imported crude oil on July 16, 2026, at Qingdao port in Shandong province, East China.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:10:10 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/government-websites-go-dark-after-ai-discovered-flaw-sparks-security-scramble.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/23/2025_10_23_168025_1761187533._medium.jpg"></p><p>Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/government-websites-go-dark-after-ai-discovered-flaw-sparks-security-scramble.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2025/10/23/2025_10_23_168025_1761187533._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:18:49 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding, adapting to the new world disorder]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/understanding-adapting-to-the-new-world-disorder.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/22/2026_03_22_173874_1774179139._medium.jpg"></p><p>As the post-war order fractures into a volatile new world disorder, Malaysia must abandon diplomatic complacency and master the art of strategic autonomy—or risk becoming collateral damage in the next great-power shock.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/understanding-adapting-to-the-new-world-disorder.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/03/22/2026_03_22_173874_1774179139._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:09:09 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenpeace activists released after banner protest at Jakarta landmark]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/greenpeace-activists-released-after-banner-protest-at-jakarta-landmark.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180814_1792478583._medium.jpg"></p><p>The environmental activists underwent medical examinations and waited for 10 hours before being released by the police on Tuesday night, with the Jakarta Police confirming the protesters were not named suspects and would not face further questioning.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/greenpeace-activists-released-after-banner-protest-at-jakarta-landmark.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/20/2026_10_20_180814_1792478583._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:30:33 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Jakarta]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trafficked orangutan repatriated from India]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/trafficked-orangutan-repatriated-from-india.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179636_1789134310._medium.jpg"></p><p>Named Heera, the male orangutan is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the Sumatran Rescue Alliance (SRA) in Bukit Mas district, Langkat regency.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/trafficked-orangutan-repatriated-from-india.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/09/11/2026_09_11_179636_1789134310._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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. ]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:30:24 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Archipelago]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are really behind Indonesia’s forest fires?]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/who-are-really-behind-indonesias-forest-fires.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180744_1792156378._medium.jpg"></p><p>Holding those behind Indonesia’s forest fires truly accountable means looking past the individuals striking the matches and following the corporate paper trail straight to the parent companies profiting from the burn.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/who-are-really-behind-indonesias-forest-fires.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/16/2026_10_16_180744_1792156378._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[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. ]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:08:08 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘I’m sorry’: Indonesians apologize, urge foreign pressure over haze]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/im-sorry-indonesians-apologize-urge-foreign-pressure-over-haze.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180865_1792586220._medium.jpg"></p><p>Some Indonesians have been turning to social media to voice their frustrations and apologize about the uncontrolled wildfire that causes toxic haze reaching Malaysia, Singapore and other countries, while urging them to protest the Indonesian government over their handling on the issue.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/im-sorry-indonesians-apologize-urge-foreign-pressure-over-haze.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180865_1792586220._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[People ride wooden boats on the Kahayan River on Sunday as haze from forest and peatland fires shrouds Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:25:37 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Society]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prabowo’s 26-member advisory board faces legal challenge over bloated size]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/prabowos-26-member-advisory-board-faces-legal-challenge-over-bloated-size.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/03/2026_10_03_180314_1790983472._medium.jpg"></p><p>The Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) is facing a legal challenge at the Constitutional Court over its unlimited number of members, with a petitioner arguing that President Prabowo Subianto’s recent appointment of 26 advisers risks burdening the state budget.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/prabowos-26-member-advisory-board-faces-legal-challenge-over-bloated-size.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/03/2026_10_03_180314_1790983472._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[President Prabowo Subianto (right) inaugurates members of the Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) on Oct. 2 at the State Palace in Central Jakarta.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:22:58 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impunity for military ends, may justice for all begin]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/impunity-for-military-ends-may-justice-for-all-begin.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/05/2026_06_05_176413_1780653623._medium.jpg"></p><p>By dismantling the shield of military courts for ordinary crimes, the Constitutional Court's landmark ruling reclaims civilian supremacy and demands an end to institutional impunity in Indonesia.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/impunity-for-military-ends-may-justice-for-all-begin.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/06/05/2026_06_05_176413_1780653623._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[Defendants in a murder case of a bank branch head in Jakarta, namely Chief Sgt. Frengky Yaru (second left), Second Cpl. Feri Heriyanto and Chief Sgt. Mochamad Nasir (second right), are escorted out of the courtroom after their verdict hearing at the Jakarta Military Court in Jakarta on June 3, 2026. The judges sentenced Nasir to 13 years in prison, Feri to seven years and Frengky to a year after finding them guilty in the murder case.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:07:07 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Analysis: Forest fires prove governance failures have gone too far]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/analysis-forest-fires-prove-governance-failures-have-gone-too-far.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180853_1792563361._medium.jpg"></p><p>For nearly four months wildfires have ravaged Indonesia, exposing acute, systemic failures in government response and law enforcement. While the ongoing dry spell has exacerbated the crisis, suspected corporate land clearing by burning points to a deliberate, recurring practice that authorities have repeatedly failed to halt.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/10/22/analysis-forest-fires-prove-governance-failures-have-gone-too-far.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180853_1792563361._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[Motorcyclists ride in the morning in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan on October 14, 2026. Thick haze has turned the skies in the city into apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen meters as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 07:00:07 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Academia]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prabowo defends broad cabinet, hints at more reshuffles]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/prabowo-defends-broad-cabinet-hints-at-more-reshuffles.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180867_1792588650._medium.jpg"></p><p>While telling his cabinet members of his pride of leading them and the country, President Prabowo Subianto highlighted the importance of having ordinary people that can work together, rather than brilliant ones who cannot cooperate.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/22/prabowo-defends-broad-cabinet-hints-at-more-reshuffles.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/21/2026_10_21_180867_1792588650._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech on Oct. 21 at a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta, to mark the second anniversary of his administration.]]></media:description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:45:19 +0700</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category><source url="https://www.thejakartapost.com/home">The Jakarta Post - Home</source></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airlines, passengers bear cost of haze-hit flights]]></title><link><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/airlines-passengers-bear-cost-of-haze-hit-flights.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[<p><img style="text-align: center;" src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180701_1792060514._medium.jpg"></p><p>The Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) said airlines had limited flexibility to cut costs during the disruptions, as safety remained paramount and some operating expenses continued even when flights were grounded.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[https://www.thejakartapost.com/business/2026/10/22/airlines-passengers-bear-cost-of-haze-hit-flights.html]]></guid><media:content url="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2026/10/15/2026_10_15_180701_1792060514._medium.jpg" medium="image" width="151" /><media:description><![CDATA[Haze blankets Tjilik Riwut Airport on Oct. 14 in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan. Airport authorities temporarily suspended flights as smoke from wildfires reduced visibility.


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