Did Malaysia erase the last 20 years from its political history?
The country has returned to pre-1998 when Mahathir was the prime minister and Anwar was his deputy.
The country has returned to pre-1998 when Mahathir was the prime minister and Anwar was his deputy.
I received a notification on my phone. Someone had just followed me on Twitter. I looked at my phone and it was Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the deputy prime minister of Malaysia.
I’d like to take a look back (or as many would call it… a throwback) at some of the developments of 2017 that I feel really impacted Malaysia.
The only reason an adult would resort to corporal punishment on a child is when they lack good parenting or teaching skills.
In Malaysia, where religious and racial friction is commonplace, cultivating social cohesion remains a great challenge.
People generally understand what honesty is. But whether they actually believe in it is a different matter. Most people instead, would try to define the concept in accordance with their own personal context.
Maybe all of us have been conditioned to think that English is the global language. But what if it isn’t?
Last week, around 5,000 people gathered at the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur to protest President Trump’s announcement that his administration would recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Prostitution in Malaysia is illegal, but if you were to walk the streets of Kuala Lumpur, you will notice it is a thriving business with transactions happening on a very regular basis.
This time around, however, neither BN or the newly formed opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan inspire much confidence from voters.