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Orang Asli and conservation Beyond their role as traditional users, the Orang Asli also play a key part in conserving the Rafflesia’s natural habitat.
Orang Asli is a collective term (which means original or first peoples in Malay) for some 18 ethnic groups of less than 150,000 in total who are widely regarded as comprising peninsular Malaysia’s ...
Malaysia [Watch] Adnan Yaakob Calls Siti Kasim Names Outside Court Over Orang Asli Issues The former Pahang menteri besar Adnan Yaakob was triggered after she allegedly told a group of Orang Asli not ...
Beacons of hope for Orang Asli kids For the kids: Teachers brave wild animals, landslides and vehicle breakdowns to get to their students. It’s all worth it, they say.
Orang Ikan, starring Dean Fujioka and Callum Woodhouse, is a WW2-set monster film. It will world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Four Orang Asli have graduated from Malaysia Airlines' training academy, becoming the airline's first Indigenous cabin crew members Amyisha Nurshahira Rosman and Sarah Elissa Tang Aman are from Suku ...
Gifting orang utans to countries that buy Malaysia’s palm oil is a terrible idea, said conservationists and wildlife experts, adding that palm-oil cultivation has been one of the biggest factors ...
The Orang Asli tribe of Peninsular Malaysia, faced with increasing demand for land over which they have few rights, are struggling to maintain their traditional way of life Words and photographs by ...
Orang minyak, which translates to oily man, are often described as towering men covered in black oil or grease. It is widely believed that all orang minyak are demonically transformed males, typically ...
A cryptid from Indonesian folklore, the orang pedek is said to be a bipedal, apelike creature between 3 to 5 feet tall that stalks the forests of Sumatra.
About 200 residents in an Orang Asli village in Kampung Sungai Sinju in Simpang Pulai have been ordered by a company to move out from the area to make way for the planting of Musang King durian.