Malaysia’s third force: Why independents could hold the balance
As Pakatan Harapan frays, a loose alliance of independents may be the country's best check on rising division.
Why do some politicians in Malaysia receive multiple pensions?
Ordinary workers retire with one pension. Their leaders can collect several.
An older adult, a Saga and a side of the gig economy nobody sees
One older driver's lunchtime story exposes the hidden costs riders never see.
What Ancient Kedah can teach Malaysia about the world
The kingdom that predated Malacca offers a surprisingly modern lesson in connectivity.
‘We didn’t choose to leave’ – a refugee child
A refugee child speaks the truth people rarely stop to hear.
Theresa Lim Chin Chin: Bearing witness to Operation Lalang
A new book preserves the voices of those who paid the price for speaking up.
Bersama is not a normal political party. Stop analysing it like one
Rafizi and Nik Nazmi want Bersama to work like a start-up rather than a traditional party. That structural choice, not the seat count, is the real story.
Malaysia’s reform movement needs stamina, not surrender
Decades of entrenched power cannot be undone in less than two election cycles.
The Batu Ferringhi coastline is eroding – and so is our trust
A personal loss that points to a deeper governance failure.
When the village burns again – and again
Three fires, three decades, zero structural change – the system failed Kampung Bahagia long before the flames did.
Beyond awareness month: When will Malaysia act on disability rights?
One autistic person's journey from optimism to hard truths about policy that promises but doesn't deliver.
250 lives, nine survivors: The Rohingya boat disaster the world ignored
A deadly capsize in the Andaman Sea exposes the price of the world's indifference to the Rohingya crisis.