Kampong Ayer, in Brunei’s capital, is the world’s largest settlement on stilts. It’s made up of more than 40 villages connected by a 38-kilometer boardwalk.

In the Bruneian Malay language, “kampong” means village, and “ayer” means water. Initially, I thought it to be a small affair on water, surely bigger than what I had seen earlier in Ha ...

Become a paid member to listen to this article. Tucked away in a little corner of Eastern Singapore, near a highway and some HDB condos, stands Singapore’s last village – Kampong Lorong Buangkok.

Today we visit the Floating Village of Kampong Khleang in Cambodia. Along the shores of the Tonlé Sap river you can find rows of stilt homes and floating homes which have been adapted to deal ...

PHNOM PENH: Kampong Thom province is fast overcoming its reputation as a province that holiday makers pass through on their way to a more established destination.

Among Singapore’s skyscrapers, the Soh family’s colourful, low-rise home has the feel of a traditional kampong (village), with fresh fish, fruit and veg prepared in a kitchen that’s open to ...

At dawn one day last week, the people of the Javanese kampong (village) of Tjidjantung began assembling in impassive silence to vote in Indonesia's first national election. Like some 43 million ...