Malaysia News

More and more New Zealanders are falling in love with Malaysia as a holiday destination.

KUALA LUMPUR: A motorist was killed when his car went out of control and crashed into the divider at KM12.5 of the Maju Expressway, as he was driving from Putrajaya to Bukit Jalil early Sunday.

Batam - Sebanyak 1.689 warga negara Indonesi yang hendak masuk ke Singapura dari Batam dan Tanjungpinang, Kepulauan Riau, pada 2011 di tolak otoritas setempat dengan berbagai alasan.

GENTING HIGHLANDS: Selangor takes the lion's share of dengue cases nationwide with 1,271 out of 2,854 cases reported in the state from January this year, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open 2012 DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah International Open , with a total prize fund of RM 45,000 thanks to generous sponsorship from the Masterskill Education Group, will be held in Kuala Lumpur at the Olympic Sports Hotel from 17-23 September 2012.

Groups opposed to a rare-earths refinement plant in Malaysia plan to appeal against the atomic regulator's decision to grant Australian miner Lynas a temporary operating licence.

Felda Group chairman Tan Sri Isa Samad says the government is right to list Felda Global Ventures Holdings Sdn Bhd on Bursa Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia &#8212 Malaysian authorities on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter, a police official said.

Speculation is swirling on both sides of the political divide that Pandan MP and former MCA president Ong Tee Keat will be made the first Chinese Mentri Besar or chief minister of Selangor, if the Umno-BN coalition manages to retake the state in the 13th general election, widely expected to be held this year.

By Ahmad Fuad Yahya JAKARTA, Feb 12 -- About 30 female students, 11 of them Malaysians, were unharmed when the porch awning of their house in Grogol, northern Jakarta collapsed last night.

KUALA LUMPUR: A mere nine per cent of the nation's 11 million workers are unionised and this figure is far from that of nations like Japan, the United Kingdom and Singapore.

WHEN I was re-approached to write this column last year I was wary and unsure what I would have to say.

KUALA TERENGGANU: She's only been in this east coast state for a few weeks but English Teaching Assistant Hannah Carr is already feeling at home.

WHAT a delight to be invited to review the very book that I would have loved to have written myself! If you only ever look at one book about Malaysian trees this should be it, as unfortunately my old 'bible' that I recommended to all and sundry, E.H. Corner's Wayside Trees of Malaya has long been out of print and is in need of serious revision.

That is what happened to a mural painted by one of Malaysia's iconic artists, the late Datuk Ibrahim Hussein, whose paintings have sold for as much as RM500,000 per piece at art auctions.

By Nabilah Saleh and Suriani Razali KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 -- The common perception still persists that good academic standing guarantees a good future.

VIVAnews - UNICEF, badan Perserikatan Bangsa-bangsa untuk perlindungan anak, melansir hasil survei yang menemukan Indonesia bersama India dan China adalah juara-juara dunia untuk buang air besar di tempat terbuka.

KUALA LUMPUR: Axiata Group Bhd's shares yesterday gained for the fifth straight day after analysts remained optimistic on the company's long-term prospect, despite its Indian investment being hit by licensing scandal.

The police will liaise with their counterpart in the Philippines to obtain confirmation that three Malaysians were killed when an Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Sulu was attacked, early this month.