Malaysia on Friday decided against hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of the cost, the government said, in a fresh blow to an event seen as outdated by some. The …
“I don’t foresee that there will be any drastic changes. China will still be one of the biggest investors in Indonesia,” said Yohanes Sulaiman, an international relations lecturer at the …
“All our farms use foreign workers. Locals don’t want the jobs, and now even foreign workers are picky as most prefer working in factories over the hard work at farms,” …
Singapore made global headlines last year when the government announced that biometric processing will replace travel document verifications at Changi Airport in the first half of 2024. But the city-state …
If times are tough already, experts warn the outlook for many of those next in line to retire are even bleaker. In November, the finance ministry told parliament that around …
Lawyers for McDonald’s in Malaysia sought a settlement on Monday from the boycott Israel movement, a lawyer said, after the fast-food chain brought a US$1.27 million lawsuit against the consumer …
“Just look around you … nobody has sold anything,” he told This Week in Asia. Street food vendors serve a customer in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia’s ringgit has been among Asia …
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned on Friday against high hopes of finding answers to the disappearance 10 years ago of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, after a modern robotics company …
“So we cannot call them plantation worker, we need to call them professional harvesters,” the minister said, adding that there needed to be a push to get local youth to …
Malaysia’s unique multicultural landscape is a by-product of British colonial rule, during which labourers from China and India were recruited to work in mines and plantations. Following independence, Malaysia inherited …