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Around 40 panda lovers gathered at Zoo Negara in the early hours of Sunday morning to bid a heartfelt farewell to Fu Wa and Feng Yi, who are returning to China after spending 11 years in Malaysia. Despite the lack […]

The appointment of popular actress Fan Bingbing as a state tourism ambassador has boosted Melaka’s digital image among tourists from China, according to the region’s Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh. Ab Rauf said that the Chinese actress had helped catapult

Four men are being hunted by Malaysian police after robbing two Chinese tourists in Pekan Gohtong Jaya near Pahang state’s Genting Highlands on Monday. Bentong police superintendent Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the incident, which occurred at about 6.30pm, involved a

Malaysian social media influencer Kim Seri has denied fleeing to Japan over allegations of a fraudulent travel package she managed. Kim Seri, whose real name is Seri Azlina, said she is ready to cooperate with the authorities following police reports

Malaysia has selected the Chinese character 升 (sheng) as its character of the year – a choice that reflects both economic advancement and the challenges of rising living costs. The character 升, which means “increase” or “rise”, was chosen via

Muhammad Farizat Ismail, the husband of Malaysian singer Syura Badron, suffered severe burns and had to be treated in hospital due to a gas cylinder explosion, Malay-language daily Sinar Harian reported. Syura, 38, whose real name is Zuraidah Badron, said

Malaysia is mourning the death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Saturday, as he condemned the assassination and asserted that Israel’s efforts to undermine the Palestinian liberation movement would not succeed. The death of Sinwar,

Two foreign men were each fined 5,000 ringgit (US$1,200) by a court in Malaysia after pleading guilty to wearing indecent clothes during a controversial running event. Satyanarayana Prasad Papoli, 70, and Arthur Wang, 66, pleaded guilty after the charges were

A crow-culling operation using shotguns at a popular seaside resort in Malaysia had to be abruptly halted after a local woman intervened, screaming for it to stop. It was around 7pm on Sunday in Batu Ferringhi – a time when

The bodies of two Chinese tourists who were trapped in a car when a tree fell on it in Pinang Peranakan Mansion in Lebuh Gereja in Malaysia’s Penang state have been recovered. Firefighters managed to retrieve the bodies of the