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New Bali Tourism Police Station launched to protect tourists

The newly inaugurated Bali Tourism Police Station is aimed at strengthening tourist protection and Bali’s image ...

Bali's economy grows 5.82 percent in 2025, highest in seven years

The Bali office of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) announced that Bali's economic growth reached 5.82 percent in 2025, ...

Indonesia's BNN busts major drug networks, seizes 360 kg of narcotics

Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) said it dismantled drug trafficking networks and seized 160 kg ...

Indonesia develops hospital-based training to fix specialist shortage

Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government is developing a hospital-based specialist ...

Bali's foreign tourist arrivals rise nearly 10 pct in 2025, BPS says

Foreign tourist arrivals to Bali rose nearly 10 percent in 2025 to about 6.95 million visits, driven by stronger air ...

Prabowo urges Bali govt to address waste, involve students in cleanup

President Prabowo Subianto has urged the Bali Provincial Government and local authorities to address the island’s ...

Solar innovation helps Papua fishermen preserve catches, boost yields

The fisheries sector is regarded as one of the driving forces of economic growth in Indonesia, including in ...

Bali and UK partner on waste and traffic as tourism hits record high

The Bali provincial government has welcomed collaboration initiatives with the United Kingdom in the tourism, waste, ...

Indonesia tightens cruise ship oversight to protect coral reefs

Indonesia is tightening oversight of cruise ship traffic in its waters to protect coral reef ecosystems from the risk ...

Maba Hospital to strengthen health service coverage in North Maluku

North Maluku Governor Sherly Tjoanda, accompanied by Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, inspected the infrastructure ...

Eleven crewmen in Malaysia tin smuggling case repatriated to Indonesia

Eleven Indonesian crewmen suspected of illegally smuggling tin sand to Malaysia were repatriated on Thursday alongside ...

Bali tightens vigilance against Nipah virus spread via pigs

The Bali Provincial Health Office is anticipating the potential spread of the Nipah virus through pigs, which have ...

Bali airport tightens health screening amid Nipah virus concerns

Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport has intensified its health screening for passengers arriving to ...

RI Govt urges border regions to prepare refugee transit shelters

Indonesia’s Home Affairs Ministry has instructed border regions, including Batam in the Riau Islands, to prepare ...

Govt paying attention for integrated flood management: State Secretary

Minister of State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi conveyed the government's serious attention to the floods and landslides ...