Tag: Bali Life

BANGLI, Bali — Most visitors know Mount Batur as one of Bali's most photographed sunrise hikes. Few realize that exactly ...

Bali foreign investment restrictions affecting hotels, cafés, motorbike rentals, and 18 business sectors under new OSS licensing policy.

Bali Locks Foreign Investors Out of 18 Business Sectors, From Hotels to Cafes to Motorbike Rentals

Bali's provincial government has shut off foreign investment access to 18 categories of small and medium-sized businesses, ranging from budget ...

Visitors watch giant international kites during the Rare Angon Festival at Mertasari Beach in Sanur, Bali.

Thousands of Kites, Some Over 25 Meters Long, Take Over Sanur’s Skies for Bali’s Rare Angon Festival

For four days this week, the sky above Sanur's Mertasari Beach has belonged to something other than airplanes and paragliders: ...

A Widow, a Disputed Land Certificate, and a Politician: A Land Rights Case in Eastern Indonesia With Lessons for Anyone Owning Property Here

A widow in East Nusa Tenggara says she was blindsided to learn that land her family has farmed for nearly ...

Illustration of violence against women. The case of sexual violence against a minor with the initials NKPD (11) in Klungkung Regency, Bali, revealed a planned method used by the perpetrator to conceal his true identity from the victim and her family. (By Dianiapsari - Own work via commons.wikimedia.org)

A Fake Name, a Fake Neighborhood, and Six Months: What a Bali Child Abuse Case Reveals About a Global Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight

DENPASAR, Bali — For nearly seven months, an 11-year-old girl in rural Klungkung, Bali, believed she was talking to a ...

Illustrative photo of a murder case in Bali.

When a Text Message Becomes a Motive: What a Bali Murder Case Reveals About the Real-World Cost of Words Online

A single phrase, repeated in private messages over months, is now at the center of a murder case in Bali ...

Woman struggling with tangled sticky hair after swimming in the ocean without rinsing off salt water.

Why Does Salt Water Make Your Hair Feel Sticky? Here’s the Science, and What It Means After a Day at a Bali Beach

Spend an afternoon bodysurfing at Batu Bolong, let your hair dry naturally on the walk back to your Canggu villa, ...

Digital nomad working from a Bali café with coffee, reflecting the connection between coffee culture, productivity, and personality.

What Your Coffee Order at a Canggu Cafe Might Say About You, According to Psychology

Stand in line at any coffee shop in Canggu on a weekday morning, and you'll see the full spectrum: someone ...

Indonesian artifact returned to Prabowo by the FBI Director. Photo: Presidential Secretariat Press Bureau.

FBI Director Personally Delivers Smuggled Papuan Artifacts to Indonesia’s President, Marking Latest Chapter in Cultural Repatriation Effort

FBI Director Kash Patel personally handed over a collection of smuggled Indonesian cultural artifacts to President Prabowo Subianto during a ...

Illustrative photo of the International Financial Center in Bali (AI-generated)

Indonesia Weighs Bali as Site for New International Financial Center, With Land Near the Airport Among Top Contenders