Bali Denies Entry for Passengers with Damaged PassportsIndonesia ExpatJanuary 4, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 4, 201902660Bali-bound passengers with damaged passports are being denied boarding in Australian airports because of new tighter restrictions and fines imposed...
Ban on Plastic Bags now Implemented in BandungIndonesia ExpatJanuary 4, 2019January 4, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 4, 2019January 4, 201901989The new plastic ban is now being implemented in a number of supermarkets in Bandung as of January 1, 2019....
Bulgarians Arrested for ATM Scam in BaliIndonesia ExpatJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 201902338Four Bulgarians have been arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in skimming bank card data at several ATMs...
New Cracks on Anak Krakatau Volcano Emerge, Authorities on Tsunami AlertIndonesia ExpatJanuary 3, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 3, 201901486Indonesian authorities have urged those in the vicinity of Anak Krakatau volcano to be on alert in case of another...
Landslide Death Toll Rises To 15 As Search Operation ContinuesIndonesia ExpatJanuary 2, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 2, 201901377The death toll from a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Sukabumi, West Java province has now risen to at...
Jakarta Holds Free Mass Wedding for New Year’s EveIndonesia ExpatJanuary 2, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 2, 201901660The Jakarta government organised a free mass wedding for 500 Indonesian couples on New Year’s Eve. The event is held...
Sukabumi Landslide Kills Nine, Dozens Still MissingIndonesia ExpatJanuary 1, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatJanuary 1, 201901117Soldiers, police and residents fanned out across a village in Sukabumi on Tuesday, searching in the mud for possible victims...
ISIS-Affiliated Militants Kill Two Police Officers in Central SulawesiIndonesia ExpatDecember 31, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 31, 201801542Militants from the ISIS-affiliated East Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT) terror group shot two police officers in Salubanga, Parigi Moutong, Central Sulawesi...
Bali’s Mount Agung Erupts AgainIndonesia ExpatDecember 31, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 31, 201801249Bali’s Mount Agung volcano, located in the island’s eastern Karangasem regency, erupted again on Saturday, the volcano’s observatory said. The...
Tornado in Cirebon Kills One, Damages 165 HousesIndonesia ExpatDecember 31, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 31, 201801399A village in Cirebon, West Java Province has been swept by a tornado on Sunday, December 31, killing one person...
Travellers Now Advised to Stay Away from Certain Beach AreasIndonesia ExpatDecember 28, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 28, 201801235According to data and information collected by the Tourism Crisis Centre (TCC) of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG),...
Flood Waters Swamp Homes of Tsunami SurvivorsIndonesia ExpatDecember 27, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 27, 201801338Flood waters have engulfed two villages on Wednesday, December 26, just four days after the tsunami devastated homes in Serang...
Alert Level Raised and Flights Rerouted as Anak Krakatau’s Eruptions IntensifyIndonesia ExpatDecember 27, 2018December 31, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 27, 2018December 31, 20180929Indonesia’s National Board for Disaster Management raised the warning level for Anak Krakatau to 3, the second-highest rank. They have...
Dozens Dead as Tsunami Hits Sunda StraitIndonesia ExpatDecember 23, 2018January 22, 2019 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 23, 2018January 22, 201901315A tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed at least 43 people after the waves hit...
Journey In Every SipIndonesia ExpatDecember 22, 2018January 12, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 22, 2018January 12, 202002865Cape Discovery has been making wine in Bali since 2010. The grapes the company uses are imported from Australia, France...
Police Detain 20 Terror Suspects Ahead of HolidaysIndonesia ExpatDecember 21, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 21, 201801015Indonesian police have detained about 20 suspected militants all over the country as security is stepped up ahead of the...
Indonesian Man and English Woman go Viral After Images of their Wedding SurfacedIndonesia ExpatDecember 21, 2018November 21, 2020 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 21, 2018November 21, 202005496A wedding between an English woman and an Indonesian man has broken the internet. 26-year-old Karna Radheya from Magelang, Indonesia...
Indonesian Scientists May Have Found the World’s Oldest Pyramid-like StructureIndonesia ExpatDecember 20, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 20, 201803259During the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) on December 12, 2018, scientists presented evidence of an enormous...
“There Are No More Than 100,000 Foreign Workers in Indonesia”, Says MinisterIndonesia ExpatDecember 19, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 19, 201802023Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri has assured Indonesians that the number of foreign workers employed in Indonesia is not more than...
Giant Sinkhole Swallows Up Busy Road in SurabayaIndonesia ExpatDecember 19, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 19, 201801361A giant sinkhole has swallowed up a busy road in Surabaya, East Java, on Tuesday night. It was a part...
Mosque Mob Kills Young StudentIndonesia ExpatDecember 18, 2018December 18, 2018 by Indonesia ExpatDecember 18, 2018December 18, 201801764A student has died from an alleged mob beating in Gowa, South Sulawesi. The police have arrested 10 people in...