Special thanks to the Sun Yat-sen Museum in Penang. The exploits of China's revolutionary first President, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, are legendary. Known as the 'Father of China', he was not only responsible for overthrowing the last Emperor of China and introducing democracy to China (for a while), but he's also one of few people to be

SPECIAL REPORT | As many as six smaller aboriginal groups in the peninsula risk linguistic extinction due to assimilation.

The Penangite, who is renowned in China for his work, was the first Malaysian to be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1935. His name, however, has never found a place in our school history books.

TIL.

Under the Malaysia Agreement of 1963, Sabah and Sarawak were equal partners to the former Federation of Malaya, but this standing has since been eroded. Here’s what restoring it will mean, and why it's important.

A team of researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) analysed the genomes of 177 Singapore Peranakans.

It may soon be obsolete, but the Jungle Train is still a nostalgic jaunt across the heart of the Malay Peninsula, taking in forgotten towns steeped in colonial history.

The ultimate Chinese comfort food is Daddy Lau's soft and silky rice porridge!

Amrita Malhi traces the historical roots of the 3Rs of Malaysian politics to 19th-century colonial contests between Siam and Britain.

Plantation owners in the Borneo state of Sabah are setting aside land for conservation but some remain sceptical.

My weekend makan adventures are back! This weekend, I visited the idyllic town of Taiping to try out one of their most famous breakfast spots - Kakak Restaurant. You'd think that Kakak refers to "sister" (Malay translation) but the name of the shop in Mandarin is actually "家家" which means "every family". As I'm still trying to maintain social distancing as much as possible, I went early to avoid the breakfast crowd. A friendly uncle took our order and everything was promptly served in under 2 m

Have you ever wondered what all those abbreviations mean when it comes to area codes in the Selangor area? PJS? PJU? SS? USJ?

Spoken Teochew is both ancient and at the same time evolving, just like any other "live" languages. The Teochews settled in the Malay-speaking world covering Singapore, Malaysia and Indon...

Ethnonationalism, religious nationalism, neo-fascism and other forms of right-wing and ultra conserv

KUALA LUMPUR, July 10 — Malaysia does not have official records of how many stateless persons are here, so how do we know the size of this “invisible” population? One...

This case illustrates the lack of systems to protect artists and artistic expression in Malaysia. The State failed to mediate the online attacks and

For the lost Melanau in you

Malaysia says new ruling by French court could overturn a $14.9bn award handed to Filipino heirs of the Sulu sultanate.

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The legal case brought by Sulu Sultanate heirs against Malaysia highlights the unexpected links between present day tensions and European colonialism in Southeast Asia.

Since April 2020, there has been a systematic campaign of judicial harassment by the Perikatan Nasional government targeting the media and journalists for their reporting, including independent news outlet Malaysiakini and Al Jazeera. The authorities are pursuing activists and government critics, as well as opposition parliamentarians, using an array of restrictive laws to stifle criticism. Individuals calling for or holding peaceful protests have also been questioned or arrested.

70 years ago the UK stepped up a brutal colonial intervention in Malaya, presenting it as a war against Chinese communism.

A rich and complex chile paste that's a mainstay of the Malay kitchen.

What projects had been approved to clear forests? We analysed 705 EIA reports to get at the answer, and let you explore them on a map.

An interactive and highly illustrated story that investigates the historic rubber industry in Malaya, and its discriminative practices.

ALMOST EVERYONE IN the small town of Kota Bharu knew who Mat Zin Korea was in the 1960s and 70s. He was born and bred in Kampung Padang Bemban, a small farming...