A travel insurer has warned tourists about the risk of drinking arak, a locally made alcohol in Bali.

The lawyer for Leeza Ormsby hopes for a sentence of less than 18 months for the New Zealander facing drug charges in Bali.

Kiwi woman Leeza Ormsby has been officially charged with drug possession, three months after her arrest in Bali.

A Kiwi woman detained in Bali after a drug raid is "doing it tough" and is relying on her family to keep her fed.

Sheriden Rhodes checks out some of the best spa-cations across Asia and Australia.

Catering for many tastes requires a juggling act, finds Diana Dobson.

Schapelle Corby had trafficked drugs into Bali three times before her arrest, and "acted crazy" to get her sentence cut, her former Australian cellmate claims.

A New Zealand woman has been arrested in Bali on drugs charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

Exhausted, bloodied and burned by the Indonesian sun, five Japanese divers are recovering after being pulled from the waters off Bali.

Drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been granted parole.

Schapelle Corby's former lawyer said comments made about the jailed 36-year-old celebrating her release from prison with a "big marijuana joint" were not intended to be taken seriously.

The minister who will decide whether Schapelle Corby will be released on parole from a Bali prison says the Australian will get no special treatment.

Indonesia's justice minister has announced he hopes to sign parole documents for Schapelle Corby within three days.

A giant python has suffocated and killed a security guard at a luxury beachfront hotel on the holiday island of Bali, Indonesia.

Schapelle Corby's half-brother will plead guilty to cocaine possession charges, his lawyer says.

Prime Minister John Key says there is only one chance to get a comprehensive Trans Pacific Partnership and it would be worth waiting a little longer to get one.

There's no mistaking it, Ubud has taken over from Seminyak - with its comparatively garish nightclubs and resorts - as Bali's premiere destination.

An Australian woman assaulted as a knife was held to her throat during a violent robbery in Bali is believed to be the latest victim of a serial rapist.

Australia has offered Indonesia an "official guarantee" that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.

Not one for tracking down experiences that cause stomach-lurching adrenalin rushes? It might be time to doing something that makes your heart leap.

Indonesian police will continue their investigations into the mysterious death of a Queensland woman who was working in the Indonesian tourist hotspot of Bali.

Diana Plater ditches the hotel buffet for authentic, cheap and sumptuous street cuisine.

People around the world attend memorial services to remember friends and family who were killed in the 2002 Bali bombing, which killed 202 people.

As Bali commemorates 10 years since twin bombings killed 202 people, relatives of the dead cling to memories of their loved ones - and vow that terrorism will never win.