On Bangka island, attacks have increased in the past six years, said environmentalist Langka Sani, the founder of Pangkalpinang-based Alobi Foundation, an animal rescue organisation.

Bangka-Belitung province is circled above. In the lower map, Bangka is the island on the left. Both Bambang and the Attorney General’s Office, which commissioned him to conduct the assessment ...

Shortly after the re-release of the Mediterranean-inspired map, an explosion rocked the island, creating a series of cracks and crevices throughout while opening up a new underground area.

Because of its small size, South Padre Island is often grouped with other towns along the Gulf Coast of Texas, such as Port Isabel and Brownsville, both of which make great daytrips. The town of ...

Local police, rescue volunteers, villagers, and the Bangka Belitung search and rescue ... crocodile encounters over the years. The remote island is being terrorised by 22ft crocodiles hiding ...

Many of the attacks take place on Bangka Island, where the young girl lost her life at the weekend. Experts say the high number of incidents is connected to illegal tin mining, which destroys the ...

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The army nurse died at sea during an evacuation trip from Singapore following Japanese invasion in 1942, However, the ship was attacked by Japanese warships somewhere near Bangka Island, ...