Social advocacy group Borneo Komrad said on its Facebook page ... destroyed and burned their homes and boats. Known as sea gypsies, the Bajau Laut community live in stilt huts in floating villages ...

the "sea gypsies" who inhabit the area. Located off the east coast of the Malaysian city of Sabah, the island of Borneo was Réhahn's jumping-off point. From there he visited eight small islands ...

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Réhahn says that although they're not recognized as part of any country, the sea gypsies choose to live in "their own little paradise." ...

“Papua New Guinea comes to mind. And of course, there’s the bottom of the sea. But anyway, no. So far as cave exploration is concerned, Borneo is singular. There’s no place like it under the ...

Hassan, the son of a tribe chief of the Badjaos, a pagan, sea-dwelling Filipino tribe, meets and falls for Bala Amai, the niece of the chief of the Tausugs, an Islamic, land-dwelling tribe.

An estimated 18 million people live on the island, with the majority based in the coastal lowlands and cities. The forests of the Heart of Borneo area are of high value for people’s livelihoods and ...

in the Sabah region of northeastern Borneo. Here several hundred orangutans live in a narrow corridor of degraded habitat along the river, among villages that themselves are surrounded by a sea of ...

also agreed to a high-level discussion on the two Borneo states’ claim, including the return of the continental shelf under the Territorial Sea Act 2012, royalties and stamp duty, among other ...

Eight years ago China lost a legal battle over its fantastical territorial claims in the South China Sea. An international ... even it is now exploring for gas off Borneo inside the “nine ...

A major redrawing of the map of the South China Sea began when Xi Jinping came to ... has resumed oil and gas exploration off the coast of Borneo, close to the Spratlys, in the face of Chinese ...

Three talented female artists—a Sarawakian sape player, a Sabahan singer-songwriter, and a Sabahan singer-actress—each showcase the rich cultural heritage of Borneo. Alena Murang, Velvet Aduk ...