BAKELALAN: The gravel logging road from here to Lawas town has not been expanded and sealed although Indonesia has built its all-weather sealed road from Nunukan to the border with Ba’kelalan at Long Midong.
WHILE glancing through the online Nusantara atlas, I recall the intriguing conversation with its founder. He raised a thought-provoking question about the existence of a distinct ‘Bornean’ identity among the island’s inhabitants.
At least for Kalimantan, as far as I know, there is no singular ide
I RECENTLY came across an article in National Geographic on June 13, 2023, introducing the ‘Burma Road’ in Yunnan (not to be confused with the one in Penang).
During World War II, a remarkable feat was achieved by a legion of 200,000 Chinese labourers who constructed this famous 717-mile truck ro
Residents of Lumbis Sub-district, Nunukan District, North Kalimantan, turned in five hand-made firearms they had used for hunting to the local Indonesian .
KOTA KINABALU: Residents living in Sabah's interior Pagalunan, which shares a border with Kalimantan in Indonesia, can obtain a special Malaysia-Indonesia Border Crossing Pass, known as Pas Menyeberang Sempadan (PMS), from May 1.