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Music
Lunadira dazzles as first Malaysian artist to perform on Colors
Singer-songwriter Lunadira debuted her latest single “Go Slow” on Colors, becoming the first Malaysian artist to perform on the studio’s vis...
William Yuk
Entertainment
Daiyan Trisha shuts down accusations she has a ‘sugar daddy’ with single tweet
Malaysian actress, model and musician Daiyan Trisha shut down online accusations that she has a “sugar daddy” with a single mic-...
Iris Jung
Crime
Malaysian woman praised for defending hawker against machete-wielding men
A Malaysian woman received praise online after a video of her defending a male hawker against two machete-wielding men went viral on social ...
Michelle De Pacina
Social Media
Video: Malaysian dancer with hijab earns roaring applause for captivating lion dance performance
A Malaysian dancer with a hijab has gone viral on TikTok for her and her teammate’s mesmerizing lion dance performance. On Friday, Tik...
Bryan Ke
News
Chinese tourist slammed online for crashing his drone into world’s 2nd tallest building
Reddit users criticized a tourist after he accidentally crashed his drone into the world’s second tallest building, Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lum...
US nationals arrested, charged for climbing world’s 2nd tallest building in Malaysia
A group of Americans who broke into and climbed the Merdeka 118, the world’s second tallest building located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have...
Sports
Malaysian volleyball coach sparks backlash for slapping female students
A Malaysian volleyball coach who was caught on camera slapping his students during a match has received a wave of backlash in the country. T...
Food
Twitter users criticize list of top food destinations for ranking US over China, Thailand
Before you read: Gordon Ramsay names Laos and Vietnam as world’s top food destinations In food travel guide TasteAtlas’ most recent ra...
Chandler Treon
Environmental
Malaysia’s deadly floods force more than 72,000 people to evacuate
A monsoon in Malaysia has triggered landslides and rural flooding, forcing more than 72,000 people to evacuate their homes. The country’s no...
Culture
Malaysian doctor to take ‘legal action’ against commenters sexualizing her newborn daughter
Dr. Amalina Bakri, a Malaysian doctor based in the United Kingdom, revealed her plans to take legal action against people who left inappropr...
Video: Malaysian teen rushes into the ocean with wooden boat to save girl from drowning
A teenage boy heroically saved a 13-year-old girl from drowning by rushing into the ocean in a small wooden boat last week. The incident rep...
Government
Chaos in Malaysia parliament after opposition leader quotes report on ‘first homosexual PM’
Chaos ignited during the new Unity Government’s first parliamentary session on Monday after Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin re...
Malaysia to punish women for out-of-wedlock pregnancies and ‘acting like men’
Malaysia’s Terengganu state has passed new laws that will punish Muslim women for out-of-wedlock pregnancies and for behaving and dressing l...
‘Unacceptable’: TikToker gets slammed for complaining about Kuala Lumpur International Airport in viral video
TikTok users have slammed a Greek travel vlogger after he complained about Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Andreas Tomazou upload...
‘They treated me like I was a f*cking terrorist’: Pewdiepie says his worst flight experience happened in Malaysia
Swedish YouTuber Pewdiepie recently revealed in a CinnamonToastKen video that his worst flight experience happened in Malaysia. The clip, wh...
4 Malaysian tourists in Dublin beaten by group of teens in ‘racist attack’
Four Malaysian tourists were victims of an alleged “racist attack” in Dublin. According to a Facebook post by former newscaster ...
Malaysian man gifts girlfriend with $160K bejeweled pink Porsche for her birthday
A Malaysian man gifted his girlfriend with a flashy pink Porsche 718 Spyder. On Dec. 4, Bigo streamer and social media influencer Jun Jun po...
Isa Peralta
Malaysian boy narrowly escapes crocodile attack over a week after infant killed by croc
A 7-year-old Malaysian boy from the Sabah district of Lahad Datu narrowly escaped a crocodile attack by kicking himself free on Thursday. ...
Ryan General
TW
Malaysian crocodile kills 1-year-old boy, injures father attempting rescue
A 1-year-old boy was snatched and eaten alive by a crocodile while fishing with his father in Sabah, Malaysia, on Thursday. In a video cir...
Malaysian ambulance driver heads to fatal crash site and makes horrifying discovery
Mohd Taqwa Ismail, a 49-year-old ambulance driver in Malaysia, responded to an emergency call regarding a road accident on Nov. 6. When Is...
Business
Malaysian founder of noodle snack Mamee Monster dies at 92
Pang Chin Hin, the Malaysian founder of the company behind iconic dry noodle snack Mamee Monster, died on Nov. 5 at the age of 92. The cau...
Crazy rich parents gift daughter $150,000 Porsche for her 21st birthday
Encased in a plexiglass box decorated with balloons, a bright yellow Porsche 718 Cayman was gifted to a woman by her parents on her 21st bi...
Asia
Malaysia set to criminalize all forms of stalking
Malaysia is poised to criminalize physical, digital and other forms of stalking after the lower house of its parliament unanimously passed ...
Carl Samson
700 Malaysians tricked by human traffickers are held for ransom in Laos
An estimated 700 Malaysians who were lured by human traffickers are being held for ransom in a casino and hotel resort in northern Laos. R...
Malaysian actor Anna Jobling responds to netizens’ comments that her mother looks like her ‘maid’
Malaysian actor Anna Jobling addressed negative comments targeting her mother’s appearance in a viral TikTok video. The video, which has g...
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ was banned from Malaysian theaters due to LGBTQ content, reveals official
Malaysia has banned “Thor: Love and Thunder” from local theaters due to its LGBTQ content. The Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minist...
Grace Kim
Malaysian man arrested for placing vape pen in baby’s mouth in viral video
A 23-year-old man was arrested on Aug. 8 in Johor, Malaysia, for placing an electronic cigarette in a baby’s mouth in an incident that was ...
Viral
Malaysian senior rushing to hold up his nephew who fainted during parade gives us all the feels
An older Malaysian man went viral after photographs caught him rushing to help his nephew who had fainted during a parade in Kajang, Malays...
Rebecca Moon
7-ton haul of illegal animal parts worth $18 million seized by Malaysian authorities
Malaysian customs officials seized a haul of illegal animal parts, including rhino horns, elephant tusks, pangolin scales and tiger bones w...
Malaysian man caught riding naked on a motorcycle after allegedly killing his wife and child
A 24-year-old man in Malaysia was caught on camera riding a motorcycle naked on the highway. The recording was posted to Facebook on July ...
Aussie TikToker explains why she converted from fork to spoon to eat rice after living in Malaysia
An Australian TikToker named Georgia, who currently lives in Malaysia, surprised her Southeast Asian followers when she claimed that people...
Malaysian father who takes his baby everywhere as he delivers food gives netizens the feels
A Malaysian father and food delivery driver who brings his baby along with him during the workday has gone viral on Facebook and Instagram....
Malaysian short film ‘Plastik’ imagines a world where plastic pollution continues unchecked
A Malaysian short film produced for World Environmental Day shares the horrifying normalization of plastic pollution. The short film, “Plas...
Celine Pun
Education
Malaysian girl taken to ICU after being forced to run 30 laps at school as punishment
A Malaysian teenager was admitted to an intensive care unit after she was subjected to running 30 laps at school as part of a class punishm...
Frightened Malaysian woman films TikTok video to capture the faces of the men following her
A Malaysian woman filmed a TikTok video in hopes of capturing the faces of the men she claimed were following her as she walked alone. In...
Elderly Malaysian man who orders dinner for 8 but dines alone has netizens offering to eat with him
In a Facebook post uploaded on March 18, Zupi Bakhtiar describes having seen an elderly man ordering dinner for eight, even though he was a...