TABANAN ~ The exotic agricultural area of Jatiluwih in Tabanan has failed to be awarded status as a World Heritage Site, after the regent of Tabanan made a presentation about the area at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Center in Paris, France.
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JIMBARAN ~ The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced on Wednesday that the University of Udayana will be the chosen university of the anti-corruption community.
KPK chief Antazari Azhar delivered a lecture in front of 2,282 new students at the Widya Sabha Auditorium, Bukit Jimbaran Campus, speaking about the work of the KPK.
Head of Udayana [...]

DENPASAR ~ The Dutch government is to open an office in the Nusa Dua tourism enclave dealing with human rights across the island, as part of its commitment to upholding the rights of minorities, officials said this week.
The office will be operated in cooperation with The Sukarno Center and the University of Mahendradata and is [...]

SINGAPORE ~ Negotiations for an ASEAN bloc free trade deal with Australia and New Zealand are nearly completed, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Wednesday.
“I think we’re nearly there. We still have one or two pending issues,” Pangestu told reporters on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Singapore.
“We are [...]

Changing of the Guard:Bali’s new governor, I Made Mangku Pastika, stands between his deputy, AA Puspayoga (right) and a Hindu priest before being sworn into office at the Bali parliament on Thursday morning. Pastika, a former Bali Police chief, has vowed to beef up security around Bali and make significant improvements to people’s welfare during [...]

By Robert Goldman
For The Bali Times

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JAKARTA ~ A West Java villager dubbed “Tree Man” for massive bark-like warts on his body returned home on Monday after doctors removed six kilograms of the growths.
Dede, 37, was taken home from Bandung after nine months of operations to remove the woody growths that had smothered his hands and feet, doctor Rahmat [...]