Tag: Sabah

Ellena, the forgotten American colony in Sabah

by Patricia Hului -

Did you know that there was an American colony in Sabah? And at one point in time, James Brooke and successors were not the only white 'Rajahs' on Borneo island. The establishment of Consulate in Brunei In 1850, the United States signed a bilateral treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with

BTS and other K-pop artists who have visited Kota Kinabalu

by Patricia Hului -

After the ninth episode of South Korean hit drama ‘Start-up’ aired last November, Kota Kinabalu went trending online. While bragging about the view of the sunset from his family’s holiday homes, the character Cheol-san mentions the sunsets at Santorini and Kota Kinabalu. The capital state of Sabah is not that foreign to

What you should know about the Battle of Beaufort

by Patricia Hului -

The Borneo campaign of 1945 was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II (WWII) to liberate Japanese-held Borneo. One of the combats that took place during the campaign was Battle of Beaufort in 1945.   Located about 90 kilometers south of Kota Kinabalu, the

The locust plague that hit North Borneo in 1919

by Patricia Hului -

Do you know a plague of locusts once hit North Borneo about a century ago in 1919? The Sarawak Gazette on Dec 16, 1919 reported that until that year North Borneo had never suffered from a locust plague on a big scale. “As far as is known the only occasion on which

8 things the Timugon Murut believe about Nabalu, or the afterlife

by Patricia Hului -

Different beliefs offer different views of the afterlife. In some views, the afterlife takes place in a spiritual realm. Another popular view is reincarnation. It is where the individual may be reborn into this world with no memory of his past life. Meanwhile in Sabah, the Timugon Murut people have their

A legend of how the Timugon Murut people came into existence

by Patricia Hului -

The Timugon Murut is one of the 29 ethnic groups of Murut people. Overall, the Murut people can be found mainly in Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia as well as in Brunei and Kalimantan, Indonesia. As for Timugon Murut, they mainly live in Sabah. Each of the ethnic group of Murut people

The forgotten All Saints Chapel of Sandakan POW Camp

by Patricia Hului -

The ruins of huts in the prisoner of war camp, Sandakan, North Borneo, October 1945. Those who were too ill for the march were eventually murdered here. Credits: Public Domain (Copyright expired) Courtesy Australian War Memorial: 120457 Do you know there was an Anglican chapel at Sandakan prisoners of war