Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA) – The Bali provincial authority has set up a special task force to crackdown on foreign tourists working in the province illegally without working visa, Bali Tourism Office Head Tjok Bagus Pemayun stated.Despite no reports recei…
Yogyakarta (ANTARA) – A commuter railway passenger from Central Java safely gave birth to a baby girl shortly after arriving at Tugu Station in Yogyakarta on Sunday (February 26) evening, according to state railway company PT KAI.PT KAI Operational Are…
The Philippines deployed search-and-rescue teams Monday to help look for a missing Taiwan-flagged fishing boat with a crew of one Taiwanese and five Indonesians, the coast guard said.The boat, Sheng Feng No. 128, was last seen some 767 kilometers (414 …
Major Chinese container ports Shenzhen and Shanghai are seeing a massive growth in the number of empty containers, according to two shipping industry sources, social media footage and a global container tracking website, suggesting a huge slump in manu…
REGIONAL SUMMARY:For the eighth week of 2023, a total of 24 disasters (22 floods, 1 landslide, and 1 wind) affected the region. Indonesia and the Philippines have reportedly been affected. Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (BNPB) reported floods an…
The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) global project “Ending Gender-Based Violence and Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” seeks innovative ways to address gender-based violence (GBV), including through integrating GBV programming …
As Tongam Siahaan and his family strolled along Lake Toba, in Indonesia’s province of North Sumatra yesterday, he took pride in the crater lake that has become one of the venues for the Formula 1 World Powerboat Championship, known as F1H2O.The 46-year…
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted off Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia, this morning, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.The earthquake happened at 8:26 a.m. local time (0126 GMT), with its epicentre situated at 42 k…