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Water Music Festival Will Go On With Changes To Suit Local Culture

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. The three-day Water Music Festival that’s slated to take place in May 2026 at Bukit Bintang will ...
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Kuala Lumpur’s Historic Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad Reopens After Year-Long Makeover

The late-19th-century landmark Bangunan Sultan Abdul Samad has reopened to the public after approximately a year of conservation and restoration work on Block 1, marking the completion of Phase 1 of ...
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[Photos] How Genting Highlands’ Nature Trails Are Becoming Malaysia’s Hottest Eco-Destination

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. When you think of Genting Highlands, casinos and theme parks probably spring to mind. But at the ...
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Grab Apologises After One Of Its Driver-Partners Tried To “Grab” His Passenger

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. Following an alleged case of sexual harrassment committed by one of its driver-partners in Johor ...
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Woman Complains About Beer Display At Hypermarket—Malaysians Tell Her To Shop Elsewhere

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. A Malaysian woman kicked off a pretty heated debate online after asking if a hypermarket in ...
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Navigation App Goes Viral On Social Media, Malaysians Are Suspicious Of It

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. A new navigation app by Chinese online marketplace Alibaba has been a topic of interest on ...
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TikTok Users Are Fleeing To New Competitor UpScrolled, Malaysians Hijack Media Usernames

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. Chinese-owned social media app TikTok had cornered the short-form video content market since its ...
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No Halal Cert, No ‘Buffet Ramadan’—Negeri Sembilan Issues Reminder

The Negeri Sembilan Islamic Religious Affairs Department has issued a stern warning to restaurants and eateries without halal certification, prohibiting them from using terms like “Buffet Ramadan” in ...
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Lee Chong Wei: New Coaches Must Work As ‘One Family’ To Lift Malaysian Badminton

Harry Hartono will serve as Men’s Singles Coach, Yeoh Kay Bin as Junior Men’s Singles Coach, and Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif as Women’s Doubles Coach, with all three starting work in February. The ...
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Dog Suspected To Have Been Killed By Man Using Firecracker In Perak

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. Despite having laws to protect animals, there are still people out there who willingly kill or ...
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Malaysian Badminton Legend Tan Yee Khan, 1967 Thomas Cup Hero, Dies At 85

He was part of the iconic 1967 Thomas Cup-winning team and formed one of the most feared men’s doubles pairs of the 1960s with the late Datuk Ng Boon Bee. Malaysia lost one of its badminton greats on ...
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Malaysians Can Now Access 494 Gazetted Green Spaces In Kuala Lumpur

“For the first time, the full list of gazetted green and open spaces in Kuala Lumpur has been published online and made ...