カテゴリー: Bali
‘Don’t erase the soul of Bingin’: Bali locals dismayed as 48 businesses destroyed in local crackdown
Demolition of 48 cliffside establishments at Bingin beach marks flashpoint in the struggle between mass tourism and desire to retain Indonesian island’s ‘magic’“I can’t believe this is happening,” said Komang Agus, looking on in despair at his workplac…
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Tuesday, sending towering columns of hot ash into the air and spewing an ash cloud 10km high, the country’s volcanology agency said. Indonesian officials raised volcano alerts to their hi…
Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the island of Flores, east of Bali, erupted on Tuesday afternoon, leading to several airlines cancelling flightsA volcano in eastern Indonesia has spewed a colossal ash tower into the sky, forcing the cancellation of dozens …
Search under way for two Australian men after Melbourne man Zivan Radmanovic fatally shot and another man injured at Bali villaAuthorities are searching for two Australian men suspected of fatally shooting a Melbourne man and injuring another at a vill…
Convicted terrorist Umar Patek confronted by survivor as he launches his own coffee brand Ramu – an attempt, he says, at rebuilding his life post prisonUmar Patek, a convicted bomb maker involved in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, says that he is now a …
Vesak is the most sacred day for Buddhists, commemorating the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, all traditionally believed to have occurred on the full moon day of the Vesakha month in the ancient Indian lunar calendar C…
Boat carrying 13 people capsizes in rough seas while travelling to island of Nusa PenidaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indon…
Indonesia’s 1,700m Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted for 11 minutes on Thursday, causing ash cloud but no damage to nearby villages on the island of FloresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or dai…
Extent of decades of development is laid bare as Indonesia wrestles with how to control development on the holiday island“I wonder what Bali used to be like?” is a common refrain heard on Indonesia’s best-known holiday island.Famous for its lush green …
Riduan Isamuddin, known as Hambali, has been held since 2003 and described as ‘one of the world’s most lethal terrorists’Indonesia is exploring ways to repatriate a Guantánamo Bay detainee accused of involvement in a series of deadly terror attacks, in…
Openings across Africa and Asia offer new cultural experiences in stunning architectural surroundingsFrom a noisy, performative and unapologetically non-European Yorùbá cultural centre in Lagos, Nigeria, to the much-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum in Giz…
Townsville bishop Timothy Harris, who provided care to families of Scott Rush and Michael Czugaj, says the path to recovery will be longFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOn …
As the government works to secure the release of the remaining Australians, Mick Tsikas looks back on his work documenting their fate, from arrests to, in some cases, executionsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen death was w…
China’s economic malaise, however, means its people have been slower to join the global wave of post-pandemic ‘revenge travel’In the laneways of Ubud, three older Chinese women are laughing as they take photos of a friend posing under a cascade of trop…
Australia’s home affairs minister Tony Burke says some issues are yet to be resolved but hails Indonesian goodwillGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Indonesian government has handed Australia a draft proposal for the repatri…