When Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim tried to play moral guardian by banning alcohol at Chinese school halls, he clearly didn’t expect a full-blown backlash. He thought it would be a quick gesture to ...
In the glittering underbelly of cross-border “collaborations,” where music videos and social media shoots blur the lines between art and excess, Malaysian rapper and provocateur Namewee (real name Wee ...
In the high-stakes poker game of international trade, Southeast Asia’s nations are playing with loaded decks. The United States, under President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime, has rolled out ...
Rumours of a political comeback for former UMNO Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar are intensifying, although senior party sources insist it is too early to confirm his return to the party itself ...
Zohran Mamdani, a Tanzanian-born South Asian immigrant, has risen to political prominence in New York, a global beacon of diversity. His victory is a triumph for the underdog, a symbol of the ...
In the grand theater of historical revisionism, few acts can rival the sheer audacity of claiming that ancient Malays didn’t just participate in world history—they dominated it with superpowers ...
The United States–Malaysia Trade Agreement is often presented in sterile, bureaucratic language—a mutual pact for economic growth. But to peel back the technical jargon is to reveal an older, more ...
The Malaysian government’s recent push to ban alcohol at events held in school halls, including those within Chinese vernacular schools (SJKC), has sparked outrage among the Chinese community, who see ...
In recent weeks, Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, Malaysia’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, has been touting the shiny new US-Malaysia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) as a major win. He ...
When American recording artist Brittany Porter met Sultan Muhammad V, ruler of the Malaysian state of Kelantan, she thought their fairy tale romance led to an engagement. A year later, she discovered ...
In the swirling vortex of Malaysian politics, few spectacles rival the performative outrage of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and its die-hard “walaun” supporters. As Donald Trump settles into his ...
A viral Thai-language video has sparked controversy by labelling Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as a “traitor” and a “spy within ASEAN.” The video features General A. Rangsi ...