politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 12, 2026
With his reformist credentials battered by coalition compromises and a looming general election, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has used his 2027 budget to launch a fres...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 11, 2026
The dust has yet to settle in Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan, where a royal row has led to the fall of a state government and left the public wondering who, exactly, is in charge. O...
politicsNewsweek·Oct 10, 2026
Every country that cannot be a superpower now wants to be called a middle power. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney built his Davos speech around the term in January, and Europ...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 09, 2026
Malaysia plans to spend 460 billion ringgit (US$112.6 billion) under its 2027 budget, expanding welfare assistance and tax relief while retaining fuel subsidies as households co...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 09, 2026
Malaysia’s government will boost spending on social welfare while maintaining subsidies to rein in the cost of living under its 2027 Budget unveiled on Friday, as Prime Minister...
politicsThe Shillong Times·Oct 09, 2026
By Malay Mishra The Cockroach Janata Party, an inadvertent creation of the head of the highest judiciary, has announced a nationwide agitation from October 10th. It will start f...
politicsBloomberg·Oct 08, 2026
Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hosted Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing for talks Thursday, though his government was careful to underscore it still doesn’t recognize the...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 08, 2026
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday said Malaysia would do “whatever is possible” to strengthen cooperation with Myanmar and fully reintegrate the diplomatically isolated n...
politicsThe Spec·Oct 08, 2026
politicsWinnipeg Free Press·Oct 08, 2026
politicsToronto Star·Oct 08, 2026
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Myanmar’s military-backed leader pressed on with his pivot to diplomacy on a visit to Malaysia, his first since becoming president earlier this yea...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 07, 2026
Despite Malaysia’s insistence that its long-standing non-alignment policy extends to cyberspace, analysts say the country’s reliance on American and Chinese technology could mak...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 07, 2026
Malaysia’s Melaka will hold a state election on November 14 as the Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition nears a pact with Islamist rivals, leaving Prime Minister Anwar Ibrah...
politicsToronto Star·Oct 07, 2026
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — The leader of Myanmar’s military-backed government was traveling to Malaysia for talks with its leaders Wednesday, as the two Southeast Asian nations w...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 07, 2026
Malaysia’s repatriation of Myanmar nationals ahead of a visit to Kuala Lumpur by the war-torn country’s leader appears to mirror efforts by other Asean countries seeking to mend...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 05, 2026
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim is expected to roll out a populist budget on Friday aimed at placating voter concerns over the cost of living and access to essential services, experts ...
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Oct 02, 2026
Malaysia’s long-standing strategy of non-alignment amid US-China rivalry in the South China Sea could soon be tested, with the eastern state of Sabah sitting near a potential fl...
politicsSydney Morning Herald·Oct 02, 2026
Ahead of general elections, the Malaysian government has begun deporting Myanmar refugees and migrants to their war-torn homelands.
politicsThe Age·Oct 02, 2026
Ahead of general elections, the Malaysian government has begun deporting Myanmar refugees and migrants to their war-torn homelands.
politicsSouth China Morning Post·Sep 28, 2026
Malaysian police were set to begin questioning 10 former Negeri Sembilan state officials on Monday over a disputed bid to remove the state’s long-time ruler. It comes a week aft...