As the workers were conducting physical works incompatible with their stay permits, immigration authorities may have to ...

A Singaporean family's Chinese New Year vacation to Batam Island, Indonesia, took an unfortunate turn when they allegedly had ...

Fishing is becoming a meager profession in Indonesia’s industrial and resort hub of Batam. Satellite imagery shows that only 1.5% of the island’s landmass still retains mangrove habitat. Construction ...

Indonesia's Batam island, an industrial zone with dreams of transforming into a major tourist destination, is sprucing itself up to lure big-spending visitors from next-door Singapore. Batam is ...

Explore Batam's recurring bribery issues and whether recent reforms and extortion crackdowns can lead to lasting change in ...

Indonesia is looking at building an LNG receiving terminal on Batam Island, part of a strategy to establish a gas hub to strengthen supply security in the Asean region, writes Amanda Battersby. 2 ...

The company signed a 450MW PPA with state-run utility PLN Batam to power its under-development data center campus in Kabil, ...

A Marine Corps rotational force is getting to know a part of Indonesia it hasn’t seen before, a territory close to a potential flashpoint with China. Around 200 members of Marine Rotational ...

This year's haj season is the first time the pilgrimage is being organized by Haj and Umrah Ministry, after being spun off ...

An aerial view of Batam Island, Indonesia. Credit: Flickr/Axel Drainville On Friday, Indonesia and the United States broke ground on a new $3.5 million maritime training center on the island of Batam, ...