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  • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
    Interview
    Mahathir urges Asean to move towards China after US’s Taiwan ‘provocation’

    Former Malaysian prime minister blames Washington for ratcheting up tensions in region

    Mahathir Mohamad
  • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
    Najib Razak
    Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib fails in final bid to avoid jail over 1MDB scandal

    Nation’s highest court upholds conviction and 12-year sentence on charges including money laundering

    Najib Razak greets supporters
  • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
    LexSingapore
    Chicken rice: Singapore’s cooks suffer an unclucky setback Premium content

    City-state should look elsewhere for poultry after Malaysia’s export ban on key ingredient

    Chicken rice by Ah Tai food stall in Singapore
  • Sunday, 17 July, 2022
    The Big Read
    The sultan, his family and a $15bn dispute over oil in Malaysia

    The heirs to the last ruler of Sulu have seized state-owned energy assets in a lawsuit that dates back to colonial Britain

    Montage of images of Petronas logo, Petronas twin towers and Sultan Jamalul Kiram II
  • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
    Petronas subsidiaries seized as lawyers press $15bn claim on Malaysia

    Move by Luxembourg bailiffs escalates drive for compensation by heirs of the sultan of Sulu

    A scenic view of Sandakan Bay and the Sulu Sea in Sabah, Malaysia
  • Sunday, 26 June, 2022
    InterviewKhazanah Nasional
    Malaysia’s $30bn wealth fund to stand by carbon-emitting state companies

    Khazanah Nasional will also not divest from businesses that fail to hit female representation targets

    A Malaysian Airline aircraft taxis at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has a large stake in the airline.
  • Thursday, 23 June, 2022
    Interview
    Early election could help Malaysia’s Najib avoid jail over 1MDB, warns Anwar

    Former PM’s allies want to bring forward 2023 poll to influence judiciary, says opposition leader

    Najib Razak speaks to the media in 2020
  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Agricultural commodities
    Malaysia palm oil exports surge as Indonesia embraces protectionist policies

    World’s second-largest producer of commodity goes on offensive to boost exports

    A picture of a tractor-mounted grabber harvesting palm oil fruit in Malaysia
  • Monday, 18 April, 2022
    Interview
    Ukraine war offers Malaysia a chance to reduce debts, says finance minister

    Soaring oil prices will boost Kuala Lumpur’s efforts to recover from pandemic and 1MDB scandal

    Malaysia’s finance minister Zafrul Aziz
  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Property sector
    China-backed Malaysia megacity project struggles to gain momentum

    Country Garden’s $100bn offshore development still slowed by pandemic headwinds

    The Forest City project in Malaysia’s state of Johor
  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    News in-depth1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Tim Leissner’s testimony in 1MDB trial shines light on vast fraud

    Case against former Goldman banker Roger Ng hangs on evidence from colleague turned foe

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Asian prime property
    Can Kuala Lumpur lure back international workers?

    The city has affordable homes and a vibrant culture, but bureaucracy and a downturn are deterring many

    Rapid KL train on an elevated track
  • Monday, 6 December, 2021
    News in-depthTelecoms
    South-east Asian telecoms merge into mega-groups to invest in 5G

    Lax regulators are allowing too much consolidation and harming competition, analysts warn

    A woman works on her laptop at a True telecom service center in Bangkok
  • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
    Robert Armstrong
    Gifts to satisfy the stylish twit in your life

    Buying shirts, trousers or jackets is too ambitious and a slight on his own shopping prowess; try vintage cufflinks instead

  • Thursday, 21 October, 2021
    Supermax Corporation Berhad
    NHS rubber glove supplier banned by US for alleged forced labour

    Move against Malaysia’s Supermax follows UK claims that health service procurements have passed due diligence

    An employee moves bundles of latex gloves from an automated production line at a factory in Malaysia
  • Thursday, 2 September, 2021
    LexDigital currencies
    Digital currencies: global payments could bypass legacy banks

    The problem for central banks and private institutions alike is that the emerging technology may impose an infrastructure of its own

    A token of the virtual currency bitcoin is seen placed on a monitor that displays binary digits
  • Friday, 20 August, 2021
    Malaysia picks Ismail as third prime minister in 3 years

    Former deputy leader takes over country facing Covid crisis that has pummelled economy

    Ismail Sabri Yaakob pictured on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur
  • Friday, 30 July, 2021
    Binance
    Malaysia takes aim at Binance chief executive as global crackdown escalates

    Changpeng Zhao in focus as exchange also plans to wind down European derivatives business

    Changpeng Zhao
  • Wednesday, 21 July, 2021
    Semiconductors
    South-east Asia’s Covid surge poses latest blow to global chip supply

    Samsung among those suffering production hit from outbreaks in Vietnam and Malaysia

    A motorcyclist rides past a Samsung Electronics plant in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam
  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    Malaysian coalition partner calls on prime minister to step down

    Political uncertainty coincides with one of worst Covid outbreaks in south-east Asia

    Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin
  • Monday, 21 June, 2021
    Telenor ASA
    Axiata and Telenor to merge Malaysian mobile groups in $12bn deal

    Agreement comes after the pair abandoned plan to combine regional operations 2 years ago

    The Axiata sign on a Celcom Axiata building in Kuala Lumpur
  • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
    Climate change
    Global investors pressure Asian utilities to cut emissions

    JPMorgan and Fidelity among those targeting power generation groups over use of coal

    Smoke billows from stacks as a woman wears a mask while walking in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in China
  • Sunday, 23 May, 2021
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Why Malaysia’s plan for ‘Asian Eurostar’ went off the rails

    High-speed rail between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore fell prey to politics

    Composite photo of Muhyiddin Yassin, Lee Hsien Loong and a Eurostar train
  • Monday, 10 May, 2021
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    1MDB sues Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and Coutts over $23bn loss

    Malaysian government tries to recoup money that was embezzled from state investment fund

    Najib Razak in Kuala Lumpur in 2019
  • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
    Investments
    Retail investment frenzy a boon for Asia-Pacific brokers

    Trading volumes multiply as investor activism spreads to the region

    Shares in Malaysia’s Top Glove climbed 14 per cent in a single day in January after r/BursaBets users called on retail investors to buy the stock
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