Interview with Tun Mahatir Mohamad
October 31, 2013
"At times I feel to speak out", says Malaysia’s ex-PM
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Sabah, Sarawak push cocoa planting
Malaysia aims to double its total plantation size for cocoa to 20,000 hectares by 2020, most of which will be in Sabah and Sarawak, the Minister of Plantation Industries and…
Wave of violence threatens Malaysia’s image
In mid-June when a netizen-hyped list named Kuala Lumpur as one of the most dangerous cities in the world, a local media quickly came forward with an article, quoting cops…
Malaysia shootings surge: Sarawak businessman gunned down
A businessman from Kuching, capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, was shot dead during a visit to neighbouring state Sabah at a car park in front of a restaurant…
Sun rises on Japan’s TPP entrance
The US appears to have galvanised political will in one of the most crucial allies behind the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade agreement that incorporates nations in the Far…
What Malaysian negotiators don’t want you to know about the TPP
The sheer magnitude of the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has not been lost on Putrajaya. The ambitious free trade agreement (FTA) involving 12 nations in Asia and along the Pacific…
Sarawak: A world of music and crafts
For more than a decade, the Rainforest World Music Festival has assembled musicians for three days in Sarawak. The event has grown from a few hundred guests seated on red…
ASEAN’s growing population: Many new mouths to feed
ASEAN’s overall population is exploding. Whether this is good or bad is dependent on the country. While large populations can be viewed as adding a productive element to a nation,…
ASEAN’s southern grouping gets active
An effective force in ASEAN has recently been making headlines. As opposed to the their counterpart in the Mekong region (a union defined by squabbling), the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth…
Internet insecurity: Could a Sarawak ‘cyber army’ be afoot?
The clandestine actions of so-called ‘invisible threats’ gracing headlines in recent weeks have arguably revealed otherwise, billowing waves of consternation throughout our hyper-connected world. In Malaysia, a clarion call has…
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