National (Indonesia)

January 9, 2026

Following public outcry and a halted tourism sector, East Nusa Tenggara Police take the first legal steps in the investigation...

A woman wearing a fake Batik Air flight attendant uniform at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang City. (Heybali/ ist)

National (Indonesia)

Video: Passenger Poses as Batik Air Cabin Crew, Detained by Airport Security in Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia — An unusual case of impersonation aboard a domestic flight has drawn national attention in Indonesia after a...

Photo: Demonstrators in Labuan Bajo demanding the immediate removal of the Head of the KSOP and the indictment of the suspect, as he is considered primarily responsible for the sinking of the Putri Sakinah. January 8, 2026

Global Impacts

After Valencia Coach Tragedy at Sea, Labuan Bajo Erupts in Protest Over Port Authority

As the search for victims of the KM Putri Sakinah tragedy stalls, local businesses and activists have staged a dramatic...

Safety for Sale? Labuan Bajo’s Fury After a Fatal Shipwreck Exposes Tourism’s Dark Undercurrent.

The sinking of the KM Putri Sakinah, which left three dead and a child missing, has ignited fury in the...

Collage photo of the wife of coach Valencia crying at the Labuan Bajo pier knowing that her husband was found and a photo of the wife lighting candles with thousands of Labuan Bajo residents.

Third Victim of Putri Sakinah Sinking Brought to Bali, Cremated as Search for Final Child Continues

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The body of the third victim recovered from the sinking of the tourist vessel KM Putri...

Video screenshot of the family asking for an extension so that the remains of one of the victims, the son of the Valencia coach, can be found (Hey Bali / IST)

Video: A Family’s Final Plea as Komodo Search Nears Its End

LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The video begins without spectacle. No raised voices, no accusations. Just a man standing in the...

Bali Governor Wayan Koster delivered a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a shortcut road in Buleleng Regency, Bali Province, Wednesday (January 7, 2026) (Bali Provincial Government Public Relations.)

Bali’s Tourism Windfall: Rp 170 Trillion Earned, But What Comes Next?

JAKARTA / BALI — For an island that has marketed itself as the ultimate tropical escape, the numbers coming out...

A family of six, including Fernando Martín Carreras, his wife, and their four children, posing happily on the wooden deck of the traditional pinisi schooner KM Putri Sakinah. They are smiling against the backdrop of the arid, rolling hills of Labuan Bajo and a clear blue sky on December 26, 2025.

Hope Against the Horizon: Search for Valencia Coach’s Son Extended Amid Pleas and Storms

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LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — The search boats have become the metronome of this town. Their departures mark the mornings, their...

Spanish Deputy Ambassador Fernando at the search post for shipwrecked victims at Labuan Bajo Marina Harbor on Monday evening (December 29, 2025). (Doc: RRI)

A Diplomatic Plea in Komodo: Spanish Ambassador Urges Extended Search for Valencia Coach’s Son