All coverage of Malaysia, ranked by recency.
We welcome the announcement that the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) will coordinate preparedness measures in response to the El Niño phenomenon, which is expected to persist until 2027. However, disaster preparedness should not be confined to emergency response measures alone. It must also encompass preventive actions that address the root causes of environmental degradation, which...
Several months ago, concerns were raised about the requirement for three consecutive years of LNPT ( Laporan Nilai Prestasi Tahunan ) assessments before specialists could apply for subspecialty training. At the time, many regarded these concerns as hypothetical. Last Tuesday, the results of the latest subspecialty training application exercise were released. The concerns are no longer hypotheti...
Malaysia and Thailand are edging closer to resolving a tit-for-tat seafood safety dispute, offering a lifeline to exporters after weeks of halted shipments and retaliatory restrictions on Thai shrimp and Malaysian sea bass. Tentative signs of a way out emerged on Wednesday when Malaysian officials confirmed that their Thai counterparts had returned a completed food safety standards questionnair...
Malaysian tycoon Vincent Tan bought a 2.03% direct stake in his flagship conglomerate Berjaya Corp in June after selling shares in the group earlier this year.
More than 1,000 job seekers queued at an open interview session for positions at a semiconductor manufacturer in Malaysia's Melaka state that offered starting salaries of RM3,500 (US$860) a month.
But Bersatu president Muhyiddin Yassin said his party remains part of the Perikatan Nasional opposition coalition and will use its logo in the Johor and Negeri Sembilan state elections on Jul 11 and Aug 1, respectively.
Korea to deepen police ties with Thailand, Malaysia to combat transnational crime The Korea Times
Wheelchair-bound due to polio as a child, Lee Thiam Wah kept himself busy selling snacks by the roadside, a business that would launch his journey to becoming a billionaire known as Malaysia’s “King of Mini-Marts.”
Malaysian police warn of growing use of courier services for drug trafficking Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
The contract was signed following a protracted saga in Malaysia’s attempts to introduce a self-propelled howitzer.
Malaysia’s 2026 inflation expected to remain under control Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
Malaysians can withdraw cash from any bank's automated teller machines (ATM) or smart recycler machine (SRM) nationwide without paying the usual RM1 (US$0.25) interbank fee from July 1.
The judge who convicted former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak over the 1MDB scandal said the plunder of the sovereign wealth fund was so vast that it eclipsed the exploits of Attila the Hun, one of history’s most notorious conquerors. “The scale of the plunder that took place (financially speaking, of course) made Attila the Hun look like a choirboy in comparison,” Collin Lawrence Sequera...
MATRADE: Malaysia’s halal sector success is based on a strong ecosystem and state policy Apa.az
Malaysia to waive interbank ATM cash withdrawal fees nationwide Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
If you believe that Malaysia’s crumbling health care system is solely the fault of underfunded government budgets or exhausted public hospital staff, look closer at your own dinner plate: the greatest threat to our national health is entirely self-inflicted. As a nation, we often find comfort in blaming systemic infrastructure when public hospital waiting lines spill out into corridors or speci...
Malaysia is ageing faster than our health care system is adapting. By 2040, approximately one in six Malaysians will be aged 65 years and above. Yet much of our health care infrastructure remains designed around a younger population and a disease-centred model of care. While public discussions often focus on retirement savings and pension adequacy, far less attention has been given to a fundame...
Malaysia considers installing additional cameras in ride-hailing vehicles Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — A Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) food security expert has urged the federal government to provide incentives to state governments that preserve land for food production. Prof Anjas Asmara @ Abdul Hadi Abd Hadi Samsudin, director of UPM’s Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, warned that the continued conversion of agricultural land for housing and industr...
An Indonesian domestic worker in Malaysia secretly filmed her own beating, and the footage, circulating online nearly a year later, has led police in Johor to arrest two married couples accused of abusing her and two other maids.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Malaysia should expand micro-credentialing and decentralised training programmes to build its health workforce faster and improve access to care in underserved areas, said a Ministry of Health (MOH) official. Deputy director-general of health (research and technical support) Dr Nor Fariza Ngah said conventional training pathways for doctors and nurses take years to produ...
Number of online scam cases in Malaysia rises by 87% Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
The Malaysian Pharmacists Society (MPS) is disappointed by the government’s decision to appeal the High Court’s ruling. The court found that the delisting of liquid nicotine from the Poisons List was unlawful. MPS has consistently opposed the removal of liquid nicotine from the Poisons List. Nicotine is a highly addictive substance. It should remain under appropriate regulatory control. The ori...
MCTC takes note of the government’s decision to appeal the High Court’s decision of 15 May 2026 concerning the Poisons (Amendment of Poisons List) Order 2023. At the outset, MCTC wishes to clarify an important point that has often been inaccurately reported in public discourse. The issue before the Court is not that nicotine was “delisted” from the Poisons List under the Poisons Act 1952. Nicot...
MyWATCH expresses its profound disappointment and concern over the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) decision to appeal the High Court ruling that found the exemption of liquid and gel nicotine from the Poisons Act to be unlawful. The High Court’s decision represented a rare opportunity for the Government to acknowledge a policy error, restore public confidence, and place the health of Malaysians abov...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy has urged the government to withdraw its appeal against a High Court ruling that declared the exemption of liquid and gel nicotine from the Poisons List unlawful, describing the move as contrary to public health and child protection. Galen Centre chief executive officer Azrul Mohd Khalib said the government’s decision to chal...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the Bundibugyo virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern is not a prediction of another Covid-19 outbreak. It is something more precise: a warning that high-consequence spillovers are now occurring against a backdrop of ecological instability, fragile health systems...
As Asean Dengue Day arrives today, the regional rallying cry is “Towards Zero Dengue Deaths: Science, Strategy, and Solidarity.” Yet in Malaysia, we remain dangerously off-pace to meet that vision. The nation knows the rhythm of dengue all too well. Every few years, like clockwork, a major outbreak surges across the country. This cyclical pattern, a three-to-four-year cycle of escalating cases,...
The jobless rate in Malaysia rose to 3.0% in April, the highest level since October 2025, as the number of unemployed grew faster than employment.
Malaysia's Deputy Inspector-General of Police Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay has issued a warning about a newly emerging synthetic drug known as “Piu Piu”, which has been detected in vape liquids.
Malaysia reports sharp rise in dengue cases Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
Malaysia warns of synthetic drug “Piu Piu” found in vape liquids Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)
