Sultanate On The Island Of Borneo

The third episode of the series brings us to the Sultanate Brunei located on the island Borneo in maritime Southeast Asia. Since the discovery of petroleum resources in the 1920s, Brunei’s economy has ...

An unusual standoff is unfolding on the island of Borneo where about 100 men from the southern Philippines have come ashore demanding to be recognized as representatives of a sultanate that has ...

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Explore Borneo, the world’s third-largest island, with travel and wildlife photographer Michele Burgess. The 19-day itinerary includes a day in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, before flying to the sultanate ...

Legislative Council member Iswandy Ahmad and agricultural entrepreneur Dr. Vanessa Teo talk about their homeland Brunei – the independent Islamic sultanate on the island of Borneo. Brunei boasts a ...

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Surrounded by three seas, the Malaysian state of Sabah, at the northern end of Borneo island, boasts picturesque beaches, stunning mountains — and a rich supply of palm oil and crude reserves. This ...

There exist few easier ways to become filthy rich than by ruling a patch of Borneo, Asia’s largest island. It is there that the Sultan of Brunei sleeps every night in the world’s biggest residential ...

GENEVA - Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants on the southeast Asian island of Borneo since 2005, including a catfish with protruding teeth and suction cups on its ...

A dramatic three-week standoff on the island of Borneo claimed its first lives Friday, as Malaysian security forces exchanged gunfire—possibly using mortars—with the so-called Royal Security Forces of ...

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The leaders of the sultanate appear to have felt left out of the accord, an expert says The peculiar standoff on Borneo between Malaysian security forces and a group of men from the southern ...