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Indonesia has added Batam and Bintan to a travel corridor arrangement with Singapore that would allow foreign visitors back in the resort islands for the first time during the pandemic, according to ...

SINGAPORE - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has officially granted special economic zone (SEZ) status to a technological park and an aircraft maintenance facility in Batam to jump-start economic ...

JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): A Singaporean man was sentenced to five months in prison for illegally entering and staying in Batam since 2021. “There is no excuse or justification for the defendant ...

Singapore’s decision to crack down on vaping and treat it as a “drug issue” is likely to benefit the Indonesian island of Batam, its tourism head has said. Situated less than an hour’s ferry ride away ...

JAKARTA - Indonesia is gearing up to reopen Bali and the Riau Islands to foreign visitors from select countries this week in a bid to revive its tourism industry. Senior minister Luhut Pandjaitan told ...

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