Malaysia’s public university admissions are often touted as a shining example of meritocracy, where the best and brightest secure their spots based purely on academic excellence. But scratch the ...

Orang Asli is a collective term (which means original or first peoples in Malay) for some 18 ethnic groups of less than 150,000 in total who are widely regarded as comprising peninsular Malaysia’s ...

It’s crucial to differentiate between total tourist arrivals (which can be inflated by domestic day-trippers) and meaningful tourism (international and domestic tourists who stay overnight and spend ...

In the 1980s and 1990s, Halim Saad and Tajudin Ramli were two of Malaysia’s brightest stars, picked by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to lead the country’s ethnic Malays onto the national ...

The apparent strife within DAP, ahead of upcoming party elections, stems from discord between the party’s veterans and its younger leaders, says a political analyst. University of Tasmania’s James ...

Rumours of a political comeback for former UMNO Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar are intensifying, although senior party sources insist it is too early to confirm his return to the party itself ...

Many Pakatan Harapan hardcore supporters do not like it when Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is being criticized. They had no idea the danger of blindly supporting a man who walks the corridors of power.

This is a very significant and ongoing debate in Malaysian history and politics. The claim that Malaysia is a “secular state” versus an “Islamic state” is central to its national identity. Here is a ...

Rafizi Ramli was throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, to express his frustration – even anger – which he had been keeping for the last 30 months. Since becoming the Economy Minister after ...

Sour grapes critics often deflect by attributing successes to “his team,” conveniently forgetting who the driving force behind that team is. Why didn’t the same civil servants and apparatus deliver ...

Between 2015 and June 2025, over 98,000 Malaysians renounced their citizenship to obtain Singapore nationality, averaging more than 9,000 annually. The highest figure was in 2024, with 16,930 ...

The government is looking at formulating a policy on digital finance, which could eventually see cryptocurrency and blockchain technology recognised in Malaysia. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar ...