A spry 80-year-old cruises through the thick vegetation of western Borneo, or western Kalimantan, as it's known to Indonesians. Dressed in faded pinstripe slacks and a polo shirt, Layan Lujum carries ...

During President Sukarno’s konfrontasi with Malaysia, the Indonesian army equipped, trained and sheltered guerrillas to harass the Malaysians along the two countries’ common border on the island of ...

Hundreds of U.S. soldiers and Marines recently wrapped up training in Malaysia, an island nation that steers a neutral course between U.S. regional interests and Beijing’s maritime claims in the South ...

MANTANGAI, Indonesia — The last time Remie recalled a good harvest season here in Central Kalimantan province was in 2018, when 20-liter bags of rice seed were piled against the walls. “The house was ...

In Mekar Raya, a semi-remote pocket of Ketapang district near the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the local Dayak Simpan Indigenous society are navigating the complex bureaucracy of the state in a ...

PERANGGEAN, Indonesia, Feb. 24 -- The government today began evacuating thousands of people who fought for space aboard a navy vessel as security forces moved to quell a week of ethnic warfare and ...

Jillian Huntley receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the National Scientific Foundation of America. Andrea Jalandoni receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Emilie ...

Borneo is home to nearly 18 million people, nearly doubling since 1980. Borneo, like New Guinea, has long had two very different populations: lowly populated, highly tribalized groups in the ...

SAMPIT, Indonesia, Feb. 23 -- Asyrini and her family were less than a mile from a makeshift refugee camp on Thursday when a mob of screaming, machete-wielding men caught up with them. "You people ...

Indonesia has suffered serious deforestation in recent decades. Nowhere is the problem illustrated more starkly than the island of Borneo, where... A Battle Is Under Way For The Forests Of Borneo A ...