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 ...

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 ...

PALANGKARAYA, Indonesia — Tribesmen torched dozens of homes and forced hundreds of terrified residents to flee Monday as they brought their campaign of “ethnic cleansing” to this provincial capital in ...

SAMUDA, Indonesia — Gangs of headhunters armed with spears, machetes and blowguns swarmed through the lower reaches of Borneo island Sunday, hunting down and killing immigrant settlers from the island ...

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 ...