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Anita Mui's ashes gone missing from Hong Kong monastery, fans appeal for help on what would have been her 63rd birthday

HONG KONG, Oct. 12 -- The ashes of late Hong Kong Cantopop singer Anita Mui have reportedly been stolen from a columbarium at Hong Kong's Po Lin Monastery, with no arrests made nearly three months aft... Read More


Haze rebounds across 22 areas in Malaysia even as schools set to reopen

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- Air quality deteriorated across several states this morning, with 22 of the country's 68 monitoring stations recording unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) levels as schools in... Read More


PS the Children backs Budget 2027 digital safeguards, calls for transparent funding

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- Child advocacy group Protect & Save The Children Malaysia (PS the Children) has welcomed the child safety measures in Budget 2027, but urged the government to establish dedica... Read More


So Good Kolo Mee in Taman Cheras Pertama woos us with 'kolo mee', 'kueh chap' and 'laksa' that will banish any Sarawakian's homesickness

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- You know you are in the right place when you meet someone from Sarawak at So Good Kolo Mee and are told the food here is just like what they enjoyed in their hometown. It was... Read More


Finance Ministry to strengthen oversight of public funds through amended Audit Act, new procurement law

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- The Finance Ministry will use amendments to the Audit Act 1957 and the Government Procurement Act 2026 to strengthen oversight of public funds and improve transparency in gove... Read More


Your MP resigned: What happens to their Malaysian constituencies?

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- What happens to a Malaysian constituency when their Member of Parliament (MP) resigns? The question has become a point of discussion after four parliamentary constituencies -... Read More


Haze worsens: 23 stations record 'Unhealthy' API levels across Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- Air quality worsened across the country this afternoon, with 23 of the nation's 68 monitoring stations recording unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings, according to the... Read More


Metal bars over nursing home beds: Thai scandal exposes South-east Asia's care gap

BANGKOK, Oct. 12 -- Thai officials have found a nursing home where residents could be confined under metal bars fitted over their beds, in a scandal that is shining a light on how South-east Asia care... Read More


The art of asking - Nahrizul Adib Kadri

Kuala Lampur, Oct. 12 -- Imagine having access to almost everything that humanity has ever written, discovered or recorded, but not knowing what to do with it. This would have sounded like a rather s... Read More


Kuraman Island sand spit stretches into record books, spurring Labuan's ecotourism appeal

LABUAN, Oct. 12 -- The natural sand spit on Kuraman Island has set two national records in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR), with its total length measuring 808.4 metres and its exposed section meas... Read More