1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (140+ words) Since 2025, four state governments and their state assemblies have rejected the need to have a public inquiry before degazetting forest reserves and simultaneous providing for the replacement of reserves. By 27 August, about two-thirds of reserves in the peninsula have been…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (78+ words) aliran.com When Hollywood doors slammed shut and US grants dried up, film director Poh Si Teng did not quit. She went back to her roots in Malaysia. Watch the moving story of how American Doctor found the funding to…...

22+ hour, 3+ min ago   (337+ words) A seven-goal show in Merdeka month did something the country's politics rarely manages. This year’s Merdeka is most memorable for the extraordinary online viral response to 14-year-old football forward Lim You, after her seven-goal performance against Saudi Arabia at the…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (973+ words) A trip to the pool shows what unites us and what still divides us. There is a pool in our apartment complex. But today, my daughter and I are swimming at the Penang City Park – formerly known as Youth Park…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (937+ words) Malaysia's affirmative action needs a rethink, starting with low-income ethnic Indians. The proposal by Gelombang Saksama, a coalition of 19 Indian Malaysian NGOs, deserves serious attention. It does not just speak for the Indian community. It points to a much bigger…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1222+ words) Elite networks, not ethnic policy alone, decide who gets rich in Malaysia. Capital capture means economic rents, state-granted privileges and market opportunities get funnelled towards a small elite. It happens through official channels. But it is not broad-based redistribution to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (78+ words) Run The Distance (official music video) Words by Alena Nadia Music by Alena Nadia and Nur Khairi Hamidi Abdul Wahab. Produced by Faye Faire Mixing and mastering engineer: Ashwin Gobinath, Nadir Studios Malaysia Recording engineers: Ravi Shankar and Giri Ganesan,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (673+ words) The group backs plans to scrap a restrictive university law and clean up governance of government-linked companies. We, the members of G25 welcome Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s announcement that the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 (UUCA) will be abolished and that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (588+ words) The office of the children’s commissioner at the Malaysian human rights commission, Suhakam, is deeply concerned by the reported incident involving a nine-year-old child who was allegedly bullied by an older student at a tahfiz school in Kedah. It is…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (774+ words) Home isn't just where we live - it is where we feel we count. In this month of Merdeka (independence) and National Day, we think about our nation. We think about home, and what it means to belong to a place…...