A new study in Bali has found that 30% of teenagers are sharing nude photos and almost 50% are accessing pornographic videos. A social organization that works for teenagers, Kita Sayang Remaja (Kisara) has conducted a survey of 700 teenagers in Bali. Of the 700 teenagers, 20-30% participate in sharing nude photos on their mobile. …
Tour guides in Kintamani have been asked to jointly create a sense of security and comfort for tourists to help improve tourism in the area. This was conveyed by the Head of the Bangli Police AKBP I Gusti Agung Dhana Aryawan when holding a meeting with tour guides that are members of the Kintamani Mountain …
The body of a Australian man was discovered in a hotel room bathroom by staff at a hotel in Kuta, Bali. A police representative told The Bali Sun that an Australian man identified as Richard Murray Buchanan was found deceased and nude on the floor of his hotel bathroom at The Sun and Spa Hotel, …
A missing tourist from the Djibouti, East Africa, who was swept away at Berawa Beach, Tibubeneng, North Kuta, on Saturday has been found dead. The body of 24-year-old Sahal Elmi Barkadleh was discovered floating in the ocean 500 meters north of where he went missing. “The victim’s body was floating away and witnesses who found …
Two young women from Thailand are facing 19 years in prison after allegedly attempting to smuggle Methamphetamine into Bali in their underwear Kasarin Khamkhao, 27, and Sanicha Maneetes, 28, appeared in Denpasar court on Monday with charges of drug trafficking for allegedly carrying over 800 grams of meth in capsules. “The prosecution is demanding that …
Tow young men have been arrested in the alleged phone snatching of an Australian tourist in Kuta. I Wayan Ngongek, 21, and I Gede Gunturan alias Guntur, 18 were captured by Kuta police after stealing a Samsung A50’s owned by Steavi Lei Adele Mann, a tourist from Australia. Mann filed a police report after her …
A Swiss tourist holidaying in Bali has been left horrified after stumbling upon the body of a Kiwi man who drowned in his hotel pool. Adam Bascombe, from Dunedin in New Zealand, was found dead inside the resort swimming pool on Wednesday January 29. The tourist who found Mr Bascombe’s body reported it to staff, who …
An Australian man has been fined nearly $40,000 after trying to smuggle more than 7,000 cigarettes from Bali to Perth. He planned on selling the cigarettes to his friends back home for a profit. The 34-year-old admitted to packing 36 cigarette cartons into his luggage for a flight into Perth International Airport from Bali on November …
Bali and in fact all of Indonesia have no confirmed cases of the Coronavirus as of February 7th. 2020. There are 7 suspected cases of the virus under investigation in Indonesia but none of them are on the island of Bali. Preventative measures were put in place very early at the Ngurah Rai International Airport …
An brazen thief has been arrested after entering a Kuta villa while an Australian tourist was watching TV and sneakily stole multiple times including a Apple MacBook Pro laptop. 49-year-old Australian Jonpaul Warren filed a police report immediately following the home invasion that occurred around 7:00 pm on January 30th. According to Kuta police, the …
Residents of Senggigi village in West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, were shocked by the discovery of a woman’s corpse inside a trash bag on Thursday. The body was found by a villager who went fishing at 11 p.m. When he arrived at the fishing area around Jl. Alberto Senggigi, the man noticed a rotten stench, …
Eerie photos of an empty Bali airport have emerged on social media and many locals are saying tourism has been decimated by the Coronavirus. Many streets that used to be packed with Chinese tourists have now become barren following a sweeping flight ban by Indonesian officials. There are struggling businesses that have been forced to …