Ten bars at Perancak Beach (Pantai Perancak) in Canggu have burned to the ground. The structures were made of wood and bamboo, and not a single one could be saved. No one was hurt: the bars were close…

Land rights transfers in Indonesia are expected to take ten days. On 17 August, the ATR/BPN land agency introduced a new procedure for balik nama, the local term for transferring land rights to a new…

A visa run doesn’t always have to mean taking the shortest possible flight out of Indonesia and returning to Bali the next day. If you have a little more time, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and…

Bali immigration authorities have processed the deportation of three foreign women for overstaying their permits: one has already left, while two are awaiting departure at the immigration detention ce…

Birds-of-paradise are easy to find in wildlife documentaries and lists of the planet’s most unusual animals. But how and where can you see them in real life? These birds live deep in the forests of Ne…

A new beach club, Zumana, has opened on the Kuta coast. It comes from the Savaya group, the same team behind the clifftop club in Uluwatu. Zumana, however, runs under its own name as a separate venue.

Local authorities in Bali have been instructed to gather complete data on villas and other properties rented out to tourists, and to check which of them hold permits. The move follows complaints about…

Bali and Phuket are like yin and yang, day and night, avocado toast and a juicy steak. Phuket fans will give you a million reasons why the Thai island is better than “that Bali village full of spaced-…

The Bali provincial parliament is drafting a law that would require hotels and restaurants to buy farm produce from Balinese farmers and fishermen — between 40 and 80 percent of everything that goes i…

A foreign national has been expelled from Bali after doing digital marketing and producing paid content for the travel agency The Bali Dream while holding a business visa. He has been barred from ente…

A walkway linking the international and domestic terminals has opened at Ngurah Rai Airport. Passengers with connecting flights no longer have to leave the terminal, check in again and haul their suit…

Foreigners serving time in Bali's prisons have had their sentences reduced to mark the 81st anniversary of Indonesia's independence.

66 were granted a general remission of the first type, meaning a partial cut to the sentence, while four received the second type, under which the sentence ends immediately. The ceremony took place on…

In southern Bali there are plots that are still listed as rice fields in the paperwork, but the fields themselves are gone — water now covers them. Governor Wayan Koster said as much: the owner holds…

The road from Denpasar to Canggu could be taken underground. A tunnel is planned to start at the western end of Jalan Gatot Subroto Barat and run for 2.4 kilometers of a 3.2-kilometer section of the n…

On Legian Beach on August 17, dozens of foreigners raced in sacks, played tug of war and competed to eat krupuk the fastest — the crispy tapioca-flour cracker served with almost every dish in Indonesi…