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Island governor decrees use of Balinese script in government and public spaces like airport
The new Bali Province governor has made it clear that his administration intends to bring Bali back to its cultural roots. Bali Governor Wayan Koster is decreeing the use of the traditional Balinese script in government and public areas. The announcement comes a couple of weeks after Koster’s deputy, Tjokorda Oka Artha Ardhana Sukawati, said ...
WATCH: What it was like to surf Bali in 1974
Ever wonder what it was like to surf Bali back in the “gold school” days before things went boom and the island became an international surfing (and tourist) destination? For...
Bali archaeologists find Japanese WWII shipwreck on Flores dive
Bali archeologists made an amazing find during dive in eastern Indonesian island of Flores this month: a shipwreck likely belonging to the Japanese army in the World War II era....
Volcanic eruptions no match for cockfighting, Bali-style
By Bagus Saragih A volcano may be rumbling off in the distance, but for a group of Balinese men and their fighting roosters it’s the roar of the crowd that says the show...
Explainer: Mount Agung has already started erupting, but volcano threatens to blow its top in larger-scale explosion
Indonesian authorities have raised a maximum alert as Mount Agung on Bali — an island that attracted nearly five million tourists last year — threatens to erupt....
Secret files show US knew about Bali massacres
By Harry Pearl The US government was fully aware of a bloody anti-communist purge by the Indonesian army in the 1960s, with one diplomat at the time describing the bloodletting as...
Mount Agung continues to rumble with warnings the volcano could still erupt
Heather Handley, Macquarie University It’s more than three weeks since the alert level on Bali’s Mount Agung was raised to its highest level. An eruption was expected...
Victims remembered on 15-year anniversary of Bali bombings
Fifteen years have passed since tragedy struck Bali, when bombings took the lives of 202 victims in Kuta. Hundreds of people gathered at the Bali Bombing Memorial at busy Jl....
Rumbling Bali volcano triggers memories of deadly 1963 eruption
The last time Bali’s Mount Agung volcano erupted, a stream of molten lava flattened teenage Gusti Nyoman Dauh’s home, while cascading ash, rocks and hot gas killed...
A look at Mt. Agung’s last eruption and the wider consequences of a Ring of Fire explosion
Richard John Arculus, Australian National University A marked increase in the number of earthquakes happening below Mount Agung volcano in eastern Bali, Indonesia, over the past...