The first and only luxury five-star hotel in Komodo opened its doors to their exotic island escape in September. Just a one-hour flight from the beautiful island of Bali, in West Flores, lies the scenic…
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First contact in decades with rare rhino in Indonesia’s Borneo
Environmentalists have made physical contact with a Sumatran rhino on the Indonesian part of Borneo island for the first time in over 40 years, the WWF said Wednesday, hailing a “major conservation success”. The critically…
Mystery ‘hobbits’ not humans like us: study
Diminutive humans that died out on an Indonesian island some 15,000 years ago were not Homo sapiens but a different species, according to a study published Monday that dives into a fierce anthropological debate. Fossils…
#WeirdNews: Crocodile-guarded prison island for drug convicts
Indonesia’s anti-drugs agency has proposed building a prison on an island guarded by crocodiles to hold death row drug convicts, an official said Monday, an idea that wouldn’t be out of place in a James…
New male birth control pill is ’99 percent effective’
Scientists claim that a newly developed male birth control pill is 99% effective. Derived from an Indonesian shrub, Gendarussa plant, which has helped tribesmen on the island of Papua from impregnating their wives; the plant’s…
Thai hotel brews up coffee from elephant dung
For those who like their coffee with a strong nose Thailand could be the ideal destination, after a blend made from elephant dung was put on sale by an upmarket hotel chain. The Black Ivory…
India sits at junk-mail top spot
India has emerged as the world’s top source of junk mail as spammers make use of lax laws and absent enforcement to turn the country into a centre of unsolicited email. A recent report by…