Malaysian police seize 72 bags of cash, jewellery at luxury condos linked to former PM Najib Malaysian police seized 72 bags of jewellery, various currencies and valuables at luxury condominiums in Jalan Raja Chulan on […]
PM Hun Sen’s Hopeful for the Upcoming Election Prime Minister Hun Sen, on Wednesday, expressed his positive hope for the upcoming election despite ill-intended people’s appeals for people not to vote. — Fresh News The […]
Malaysia’s New Government To Scrap GST By June 1 Malaysia’s finance ministry on May 16 announced that the unpopular Goods and Services Tax (GST) of six per cent will be discontinued from June 1. — […]
Eastern rail link gears up for service The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) expects to begin service on a 107-kilometre train route from Battambang to Pursat on May 29, saying on their Facebook […]
Malaysia is business friendly and welcomes FDI — Dr Mahathir Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia is business friendly and welcomes foreign direct investments (FDI) from all over the world, including China. — […]
NEC Closes Registration: 20 Parties Registered Dim Sovannarom, spokesman of National Election Committee (NEC), announced to officially close the registration of the political party for the National Assembly 6th mandate election on Monday. — Fresh […]
Malaysia after GE14: transition to what? The night of 9 May was a sleepless one in Malaysia. Long, hot polling station queues gave way to long, anxious waits for official counts and winners. — New […]
Cambodia files first charge under new royal insult law A primary school principal in Cambodia became the first person to be charged under the kingdom’s new lese majeste law on Sunday over a comment he […]
Mahathir is back—good news or bad for sustainability in Malaysia? The world was shocked when the former prime minister swept to victory in last week’s general election. What could his return to power mean for […]
Phnom Penh Post Apocalypse (photo special) It didn’t take long for any guarantees by the new owner of Post Media to respect the editorial independence of his new purchase to fly out the window. — […]
What mattered in GE14: campaigns, Islam, 1MDB, cost of living To kick off our live blog of Malaysia’s momentous 14th general election (GE14), we asked six experts of Malaysian studies to contribute their thoughts on […]
NGOs, Rights Groups Slam Takeover of Cambodia’s ‘Last Independent Paper’ In a statement released on Wednesday, Cambodian civil society organizations slammed the takeover by a government-linked businessman of The Phnom Penh Post, calling the move […]