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Odes to KL city, underground subcultures, and ‘Tbaka Daghat’: How Malaysian zine makers are documenting the country

KUALA LUMPUR, September 30 — Zine culture has existed in Malaysia since the pre-internet days and it is still surv...

Edgcomb: Stephen Schwarzman (18)

Malaysia’s digital economy’s second wave looks nothing like the first

“Are you grabbing to this place?” While I incorporated the local expression into my vocabulary as a Brazilian in Malaysia, I reflected about the long journey of the entire tech eco...

9 must-visit Malaysian hotels featured in the MICHELIN Keys 2026

Malaysia’s 2026 MICHELIN Key selection recognises hotels across Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Johor and Langkawi, ranging from heritage properties and urban hotels to secluded island resor...

Malaysia fines, Singapore funds: How two governments are forcing SEA’s second digital wave

In January 2026, 2Stallions’ Malaysian entity came into scope for Phase 4 of LHDN’s e-invoicing mandate. Compliance took days. We run Xero across the group, and Xero already connec...

Zetrix AI pledges cooperation as police, MACC probe unpaid RM314m collections

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 — Zetrix AI Bhd will fully cooperate with authorities in an ongoing joint investigation by th...

What Maybank’s US$10B bet reveals about market readiness: A view from two emerging ecosystems

Part of my work as an international market expansion specialist, supporting government and companies in the process of promoting and attracting opportunities, is reading a market’s...

MEMI:R, The Exchange TRX

Malaysia’s chip ambitions: From assembly hub to semiconductor powerhouse

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 — Semiconductors are behind much of the technology people use every day, from smartphone...

Rimba Place, Taman Duta

How Malaysia offers Chinese investors Singapore’s comfort at prices lower than Thailand

Malaysia is proving to be a middle ground for many Hong Kong and mainland Chinese investors looking to buy property in a country that provides the stability Singapore offers, but w...

Kultur, Subang Jaya

Beyond the cloud: Why ASEAN’s second digital wave runs on megawatts, not software

It didn’t happen in a corporate boardroom or across a venture capital table. It happened late at night, sitting completely alone at a corner table of a cafe in Johor City Centre, s...

Gaza on stage: concert activism meets Malaysia, Singapore red lines

American rapper Macklemore lost his spot on British pop star Ed Sheeran’s US tour after speaking up for Palestinians, but in Malaysia it was Sheeran’s music which ended up being pu...

Flipside, Taman Melawati

Flipside is Melawati’s new stop for comfort-food cravings, spanning smash burgers to steak frites, chicken chop to penne pesto.Burgers come in hot and hearty with double patties of...

Malaysia’s Next Automotive Chapter: From Assembly Lines to Global Value Creation

As the industry rewires around electronics and software, Malaysia is trying to move from assembling cars to making the higher-value parts inside them, and to carry its own companie...

Malaysia's SkyeChip targets Japan, joins Rapidus ecosystem

Editor's Choice: What really separates Silicon Valley startups from Asia?

Johari: Malaysia’s chip talent retention remains sustainable despite foreign offers

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Starting salaries for junior engineers and technicians in the local chip industry scale up...

Sharpening Hong Kong’s edge

Download the PDF This is the third in a series of Factsheets on Hong Kong’s first five-year plan and 2026 policy address. Part I – Hong Kong’s new chapter Part II – The story be...

HEA, Petaling Jaya

Malaysia’s ‘alliance allergy’ and its eyes on Balabac

A Philippine think tank meets with counterparts in Kuala Lumpur to bridge gaps

BYD-Gentari cooperation targets Malaysia's EV charging gap