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0Local NewsSugarbook Founder Arrested Amid Platform’s Controversy for ‘Soliciting Prostitution’
Pour some sugar on me? Nope, not in Malaysia, where despite apparently ranking third in Asia for sugar daddies, an online dating...
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0ASEAN NewsIn Myanmar, It’s Serious Civil Disobedience with a Creative (and Occasionally Shirtless) Flair
Days of anti-military demonstrations protesting the recent coup in Myanmar have seen everything from gowned princesses to buff, half-naked men hitting the...
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0Local NewsConfused About What Is and Isn’t Allowed During the So-Called MCO? Here’s What You Need to Know
MCO 2.0? Half-baked MCO? Fake lockdown? Nobody knows quite what to call it, and with SOPs seeming to change on a near-daily...
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0Local News‘Disgraceful Double Standards’: Government Blasted for 3-Day Covid Rule for Its Ministers
From opposition leaders to lawyers to scores of netizens on social media, the recently announced rule exempting ministers from normal quarantine protocols...
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0ASEAN NewsThroughout Southeast Asia, the Ideals of Democracy Are Getting Harder to Find
If you’re getting the sense that democracy is on the decline in the ASEAN region, and perhaps even in peril, you’re not...
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0ASEAN NewsSingapore’s Big Build: 42,000 Homes, Five Districts, and One Central Cooling System
The sprawling, smart eco-community of Tengah – despite a name which means ‘middle’ in Malay – will be located on the western...
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0Local NewsBook: Former AG Criticises Mahathir, but Saves Worst Savaging for Muhyiddin
In his new blockbuster memoir, former Attorney General Tommy Thomas blames Mahathir for the collapse of Pakatan Harapan and the subsequent rise...
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0ASEAN NewsIs Myanmar’s Short Embrace of Democracy Already Over?
Many government leaders worldwide have condemned the takeover in Myanmar, as the junta which ruled the country for decades reasserted its dominion...
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0Local NewsUMNO Lashes Out: PN Government ‘Inept’ and ‘Clueless’
Following criticism by UMNO’s Youth Chief, the party’s Johor Deputy Head piles on, says PN’s ministers are of “questionable quality” with their...
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0ASEAN NewsIndonesia’s Most Active Volcano Erupts
Mount Merapi sent a huge ash cloud billowing into the sky on Wednesday, January 27. In a country teeming with volcanoes, one...
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0Local NewsTwo Weeks Into MCO 2.0, It’s Now Time to Start Really Watching the Numbers
The two-week latency period for Covid-19 means that new cases in the beginning of the MCO period could have been infected prior...
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0Local NewsFormer PM Drags Government over ‘Half-Baked’ MCO
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister, Najib Razak, levelled criticism at the current government over its handling of the latest surge in the pandemic....
