New Look: Bali’s Tourist Police got an image revamp this week, when colourful vans and uniforms were rolled out during a ceremony at police headquarters in Denpasar. Tourist Police are also brushing up on their English-language skills. Photograph by Juliyusman Sine/The Bali Times

The wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet was found on Thursday on the side of a dormant Indonesian volcano, a day after it disappeared during a demonstration flight with about 50 people aboard.

SINGARAJA A private investor has been given the go-ahead to build a luxury resort within an area of protected forest at Lake Buyan in Buleleng. The 100-hectare resort received the nod last week from national Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan, prompting criticism from environmental campaigners. Hasan visited the lake at the invitation of the proposed investor, [...]

DENPASAR Bali is banking on another bumper year for tourist arrivals, with figures released this week by the Central Statistics Agency revealing a 10.08% jump in arrivals at Ngurah Rai International Airport against last year’s figures. In March 2011 a total 202,500 foreigners entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai; this year the same month saw 223,000 [...]

A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 on a demonstration flight with at least 44 people aboard went missing in a mountainous area south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Wednesday, officials said.

BULELENG A Balinese woman living in the United States was found dead at a roadside in North Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, after allegedly being murdered by a carjacker. Ni Luh Endang Susiani, 31, was from Buleleng. She had been living in the US since 2009 after singing up with PT QKAI, a Yogyakarta-based employment [...]

DENPASAR Bali is banking on another bumper year for tourist arrivals, with figures released this week by the Central Statistics Agency revealing a 10.08% jump in arrivals at Ngurah Rai International Airport against last year’s figures. In March 2011 a total 202,500 foreigners entered Indonesia through Ngurah Rai; this year the same month saw 223,000 [...]

Canadian pop-star Justin Bieber tweeted his love for Indonesia on Monday, after enraging fans here by referring to it as “some random country.” “One rumour I wont stand for is saying what me and my fans have isnt real. Indonesia I see you. i love u. I love ALL MY FANS,” a post on the [...]