KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is receiving some positive praise from the outside world over its continued efforts to reduce and ultimately end the sale of tobacco products in the country.
The New York Times has lauded Malaysia's resistance against attempts (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Police would investigate the waving of the Sang Saka Malaya flag if there was a police report lodged on it, said Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Many residents in the country told Bikyanews.com that they support the move, saying it (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has launched a large scale immigration operation to flush out and swiftly deport nearly a half-million illegal foreign workers, its largest crackdown to date on low-wage migrant labor toiling at plantations and factories, at a (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: The case has sparked national headlines and now is facing even more controversy after a Malaysian appeals court on Friday ordered two police officers freed after overturning their murder convictions in the killing of a Mongolian woman (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Religious groups are preparing for a long battle over the ability to use the word "Allah," or God, by all Malaysians and not only the Muslim community.
Malaysia's government on Thursday won the right to appeal a court ruling that (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite recent reports of progress, Malaysia women find themselves still struggling to make in roads into the predominantly male business world. And it is leaving many women leaders frustrated over the future of the country and the (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government and its population are hopeful that recent events to curtail corruption in the Southeast Asian country are part of a larger crackdown that will see what activists call "a cleaner state of affairs." The hope comes (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand's Oishi Group, the country's leading ready-to-drink green tea producer, has started its drive to become a regional brand by 2017 by forging a distribution alliance with F&N Beverages Marketing Singapore for a Malaysia launch (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Australian citizen Dominic Jude Christopher Bird, who could face the death penalty if found guilty of drug charges in Malaysia, claims he was set up after accusing an ex-policeman of having a fling with his girlfriend.
Bird, 33, was (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: A recent Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR) revealed that Malaysia has the highest number of women in the workforce with 40 percent compared with other Asean countries.
Though the figures are promising, only 26 percent (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: At this small flat in the popular Bukit Bintang area of Malaysia's capital Kuala Lumpur, 6 former university students sit in their underwear, attempting to receive the wind blowing from the three fans they have set up.
It's dark, the (...)
Malaysia is a beautiful country with pristine beaches. There are many, so it is often difficult to find the right beach for the right trip. From upscale 5-star resorts to public sandy enclaves, the country offers a little bit for everyone. Here's (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian-Malaysians are divorcing at a higher rate in recent years, a cultural leader said this week. The news has also left the community surprised, believing that as a minority their tight knit ethnic group would remain together and (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Excitement abounds here in Kuala Lumpur as the largest women's conference of the decade begins its sessions. Women from all walks of life are converging on Malaysia for the Women Deliver 2013 conference, which will look into issues (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: The area around their table goes silent as a man walks by. For these young girls, talking about sex and sexuality is an almost untouchable subject in Malaysia, but they are hoping that coming together and talking about their (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Oil and gas companies in Malaysia are seeing a future full of optimism. The positive energy comes on the heels of better reports for the market after fears of a potential recession wracked the country late last year.
The latest set of (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is continuing to push women and business. The latest efforts comes in the form of educating women business owners on the usefulness of the online and social media world as a means of garnering more traffic for their (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Over one million visitors from all over the country and abroad are expected to enjoy the thrills and join the fun-filled Malacca River Festival that starts here on June 1.
The month-long festival, introduced in 2007, has proven to be (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Indian-Malaysians have called for an increase in police protection and more effort to ensure that acts of violence against ethnic Indians do not increase following the shooting of an Indian in the country.
"We want all the police and (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: As thousands of Malaysians poured onto the streets of the country, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he would continue to battle over 30 seats lost in the May 5 general election. If successful in contesting the seats, it would be (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: As the sun set on Malaysia's national election, the ruling party was already claiming victory, but the optimism surrounding the vote, in cafes and on the street, could not be subdued. People were in high spirits, after some 80 percent (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Speaking at a press conference Sunday morning, Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak hailed Barisan Nasional's victory in Malaysia's thirteenth general election, and called for a "time of national reconciliation."
The Prime Minister (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's opposition leaders are beginning to sound the alarm over what they say could be widespread voter fraud in order to keep the ruling government in power. On-the-ground activists have told Bikyanews.com that they fear the (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: Women's rights activists in Malaysia have lashed out at a new report that showed women are getting few, if any, coverage leading up to the country's elections on May 5.
"We just have to deal with the reality that Malaysia is still a (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: With elections only days away in Malaysia, the opposition hopes that it can capitalize on what is has called the “doublespeak" of the ruling government. And they are also looking to earn the housewives' vote in what is expected to be (...)