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Malaysia pardon board to meet on Wednesday
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is expected to be released soon after the Royal Pardon Board meets on Wednesday, his party said Monday, putting him in position to become prime minister just as soon as he can secure a seat in parliament.
Mahathir's party hit with temporary ban ahead of poll
Published on 05/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government on Thursday slapped a temporary dissolution order on former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's new party, barring it from holding any activities or using its logo for 30 days just as a general election is set to be called.
Malaysia, Singapore push ahead with train projects
Published on 16/01/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore and Malaysia vowed on Tuesday to push ahead with two ambitious rail projects linking the two countries as Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak played down political uncertainty ahead of a general election to be held this year.
Indonesia tries educating palm oil critics
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 15/01/2018
» Indonesia has vowed to continue the fight against what it sees as an unfair global camaign against its palm-oil industry, a key economic driver that generated more than US$17 billion worth of exports in 2016.
1MDB misses deadline to pay Abu Dhabi fund
Kyodo News, Published on 01/08/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Scandal-ridden state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad said Tuesday it missed the Monday deadline to pay $602.73 million as part of a settlement because the money was held up by red tape, but vowed to come up with the money this month.
Malaysia hopes opening of MRT line will ease congestion
Published on 17/07/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - A 51-kilometre commuter rail line connecting the Malaysian capital to outlying areas began operating on Monday, with the government hoping it will ease Kuala Lumpur's notorious traffic congestion.
Myanmar urged to end persecution of Rohingya
Published on 19/01/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on Thursday pushed the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the world's largest Muslim intergovernmental organisation, to pile pressure on Myanmar to end the persecution and killing of ethnic Muslim Rohingyas in the country.
Suu Kyi: Myanmar to let aid into Rakhine
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2016
» YANGON - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi held "candid and transparent" talks with Asean foreign ministers Monday in which she agreed to allow humanitarian access to conflict-stricken areas of western Myanmar where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been displaced, while she sought "time and space" to resolve the "complex" issue.
Japan keen on KL-Singapore high-speed train
Published on 16/11/2016
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an appeal to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday over Japan's interest in a proposed high-speed railway line linking Malaysia's biggest city of Kuala Lumpur with Singapore.
Mahathir buries hatchet with Anwar after 18 years
Kyodo News, Published on 05/09/2016
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met his one-time arch nemesis Anwar Ibrahim for the first time in 18 years on Monday, brought together by their common fight against a security law that accords sweeping policing power to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.