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Cinderella of the Malaysian education system - Vasanthi Ramachandran

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 23 -- For the past month, social media has been intermittently abuzz with news of young Malaysians who returned home with more than 80 medals from the World Robot Games (WRG) 2025 i... Read More


A clean line through the sky to Japan's wild north

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 -- There is something quietly seductive about a non-stop flight. No transit lounges, no half-lived airport meals, no fluorescent-lit purgatory where time dissolves into duty-free... Read More


Reflections on what the past year taught us - Nurfilzah Emily Mohamad Khairuddin

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 23 -- As the year tilts toward its end, a collective silence falls. We pause not because life has reached perfection but because we are no longer the people we were in January. We ... Read More


Does early specialisation sabotage greatness?

Kuala Lampur, Dec. 23 -- If you're pushing your child to become an expert (badminton, chess, studies etc.) before he or she is even able to vote, you may want to think again? A massive new study (by ... Read More


Body of missing Mersing man found drowned after boat capsizes during fishing trip in Sungai Lenggor

MERSING, Dec. 23 -- The body of a missing 36-year-old man was found after his boat capsized during a fishing trip in Sungai Lenggor near Mersing yesterday. The body of Mohammad Putera Rizzurin Md Noh... Read More


From S$18 dress to S$150 hugs: How Singapore predator used Carousell to groom 13-year-old girl

SINGAPORE, Dec. 23 -- A workplace safety and hygiene manager used fake online accounts impersonating a teenage girl to contact and sexually exploit minors, telling investigators he did so to hide his ... Read More


Singapore driver jailed 27 months for high-speed expressway crash that injured 12 migrant workers

SINGAPORE, Dec. 23 -- A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 27 months in jail and banned from driving for eight years after he drove at up to double the speed limit and crashed into a lorry, causing... Read More


Video claims foreign woman has lived at KLIA for a year; authorities yet to comment

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 -- Awoman believed to be from China has drawn widespread attention on social media after a video alleged that she had been living at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA)... Read More


Could internal pressures push Umno to team up with Perikatan? Analysts say unlikely

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 -- Despite growing unease within Barisan Nasional (BN) over its cooperation with Pakatan Harapan (PH) and renewed grassroots pressure from component party MIC, political analysts... Read More


Reading by touch, learning for life: Malaysia's push to revive Braille literacy among children

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 23 -- 'Reading is the bridge to knowledge' is a familiar mantra in campaigns promoting a reading culture nationwide, underscoring the role of books as gateways to learning. Yet, be... Read More