Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters)—Malaysia hopes that suspects in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to face charges in the Netherlands should be known by the end of the year, its transport minister, Liow Tiong Lai, said on Thursday. The Boeing 777 was shot down over eastern Ukrainian territory held by pro-Russia separatists fighting […]

Have you ever seen a terrapin smile? Well, some former egg poachers in Malaysia are giving this critically endangered turtle a very good reason to smile. So, that’s what a terrapin smile looks like! The villagers of Kampung Pasir Gajah in Terengganu normally collect and poach a variety of eggs to survive, and due to economic hardship, they were even […]

In the summer of 2016, two of the world’s largest producers of palm oil, which is found in everything from lipstick to margarine, lost the ability to market what they sold as certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, the world’s largest association for ethical production of the commodity. The companies had been responsible […]

Malaysia joins the Philippines in ditching the US for China.

In Southeast Asia’s natural forests, 40 percent of species have less than 10 percent of their habitats protected from future development, according to a Duke University-led study published this month. The study newly identified more than 200 species as being at high risk of extinction, including 147 amphibian species, 42 mammal species, and 28 bird species. Binbin […]

The Department of Justice says “life imitated art” when $3.5 billion was diverted from a Malaysian development fund to finance the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street” in a money-laundering scheme.

While on board, only halal food was offered, no alcohol was served, and flight crew wore hijabs—while non-Muslim staff and crew were required to wear modest clothing.

Stories of death and injury from smartphones and devices have sparked concern over the use of unauthorized and third-party off-brand device chargers. Suhana Mohamad, a 30-year-old mother of two, was electrocuted while talking on her cellphone as it was charging. Suhana’s husband, Raja Asri Raja Mat, a counter-terrorism police officer, was asleep when the incident occurred at 11:30 […]

Loris Baz, a French motorcycle racer, endured a crash at 180 mph during a MotoGP test. Baz was miraculously able to walk away from the accident, which was captured on video. The incident occurred at Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit on Tuesday morning. His rear tire blew out. “The start of the day was good,” said […]

Malaysia's attorney general said Tuesday that nearly $700 million channeled into Prime Minister Najib Razak's private accounts was a personal donation from Saudi Arabia's royal family, and cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing

CANBERRA, Australia—The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a likely 19th century shipwreck deep in the Indian Ocean off the west Australian coast, officials said Wednesday. A sonar search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 found what appeared to be a man-made object on Dec. […]

There is only one word that can describe Langkawi—inexpressible! An exotic tropical paradise made up of 99 islands in the beautiful waters of the Andaman Sea, just off Malaysia’s north-west coast. As Malaysia’s most well-known holiday destination, there is just so much to explore, see and do. Surrounded by stunning turquoise sea, the interior of […]

Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's top two palm oil producers, signed an agreement Saturday to set up a council for palm oil producing countries in a bid to ensure price stability by managing production and stock in the global market.

President Obama promised Saturday that Islamic extremists would find no safe haven anywhere, while the leader of Muslim-majority Malaysia branded the Islamic State as a "new evil" that has blasphemed the religion, and urged world leaders to confront it forcefully.

U.S. State Department officials appeared at a congressional hearing on Nov. 3 to answer questions regarding the "2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report," published on July 27.

The Malaysian government on Thursday returned to U.S. custody human remains recovered from the crash of a U.S. military transport plane in 1945

The charter for the Association of Southeast Asia Nations emphasizes economic growth and principles that support cooperation, renunciation of the use of force, mutual respect for members, and rejection of external interference or coercion. ASEAN’s track record for peaceful resolution of disputes through consensus may be at risk as unity erodes, warns author and researcher Amitav Acharya. Members are divided about how to respond to China’s increasingly assertive influence in the region, particularly over claims in the South China Sea. ASEAN’s expansion in membership and functions, along with competing interests and reliance on China, contribute to the disunity. Acharya reminds that ASEAN began at the height of the Vietnam War in 1967 with five members—Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; a decade later the group condemned Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia as a threat to regional stability. ASEAN now has 10 members, and four have overlapping claims with China in the South China Sea. ASEAN could lose relevance by not taking a diplomatic stand on such issues.

While huge crowds turned out worldwide, most media outlets outside Malaysia did not cover the rallies calling for reform and the resignation of PM Najib Razak.

Police fired water cannons at ethnic Malays who turned unruly Wednesday at a pro-government rally that many fear has the potential to provoke racial trouble in this multiethnic nation with large Chinese and Indian minorities

Penang, in north western Malaysia, also called Pulau Pinang (Isle of the Betel Nut), derives its name from the plentiful betel nut palms lining its sandy beaches.