An indigenous tribe on an Indonesian island who have uniquely piercing blue eyes due to a genetic fluke have been captured in a stunning set of photographs. The Buton people are from Indonesia's 19th ...

On Buton Island in Indonesia, a rare genetic disorder called Waardenburg Syndrome has led to a high prevalence of striking blue eyes among the Buton tribe. While these eyes are visually captivating, ...

An indigenous tribe on an Indonesian island who have uniquely piercing blue eyes due to a genetic fluke have been captured in a stunning set of photographs. The Buton people are from Indonesia ‘s 19th ...

Reporting from Seoul — South Korea, known for high-tech exports such as cars and cellphones, is sending a new product abroad: its alphabet. A tribe on a remote Indonesian island, in danger of losing ...

SORAWOLIO, Indonesia -- In an elementary school here on the remote Indonesian island of Buton, a teacher named Abidin recently began to show students how to write their endangered native language -- ...

The Cia-Cia language has been passed down orally for centuries. Now the tribe’s children are learning to write it in Hangul, the Korean script. By Muktita Suhartono Reporting from Baubau, Indonesia ...

SEOUL (Reuters Life!) - For members of an Indonesian tribe visiting Seoul for the first time, the winter cold was beyond belief, the high-tech gadgets seemed to come from another world yet the ...

Students of the Cia-Cia tribe on Indonesia's Buton Island learn how to write with Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, in this file photo released by Kyobo Life Insurance. (Kyobo Life Insurance) King Sejong ...

The very first Korean language school was to open Monday in Bau-Bau, Indonesia, for a local minority tribe there who in 2009 officially chose to use the Korean alphabet, Hangeul, to help preserve its ...

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Time and again, some facial features have been an attraction across cultures, like sparkling eyes, glowing skin, or thick hair. Blue eyes, in particular, have a near-mythical status, as they are often ...