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Kok Leong Chan
An Alibaba Cloud AI Tech Day event in Kuala Lumpur in February 2025. Malaysia has emerged as an unlikely winner in the race to build AI infrastructure.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 3, 2026
AI and chips are turning Malaysia into Asia¡¯s growth standout
Malaysia¡¯s emergence as an artificial-intelligence manufacturing hub marks a striking turnaround for the country.
Forest City in Johor, Malaysia
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2026
Malaysia arrests 335 in online scam raids at Johor¡¯s Forest City
The alleged international online scam syndicates were suspected of running cryptocurrency investment and romance scams targeting victims in China and Indonesia.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at an ASEAN Summit in Cebu, Philippines, on May 7. He has raised the prospect of a snap election as divisions deepen within the country's ruling coalition.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 18, 2026
Malaysia¡¯s coalition tensions deepen as Anwar floats snap poll
Cracks in Malaysia¡¯s political landscape have become more evident in recent months amid tensions over state elections and defections from the prime minister¡¯s party.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as he walks from Air Force One upon arrival at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 28, 2025
Anwar turns Malaysia into stage for dealmaking with Trump¡¯s help
Local media largely portrayed Anwar¡¯s hosting of the ASEAN summit as a showcase of Malaysia¡¯s diplomatic resurgence, calling it a moment of renewed regional leadership.
Protesters gather near Merdeka Square during a protest against Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2025
Thousands rally in Malaysia demanding Anwar¡¯s resignation
Saturday event was the first major rally targeting Anwar since he took office in 2022, and the only mass protest since 2018.
Chinese relatives of passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 take part in a prayer service at the Metro Park Hotel in Beijing on April 8, 2014. The plane, which departed from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, was to have flown to Beijing.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2024
A decade on, Malaysia renews search for vanished MH370
Marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity will conduct a search in a new area estimated at 15,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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