Economy minister hopes special economic zone with Singapore boosts tech, renewables KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia hopes the southern state of Johor will become a “new engine of growth,” as the country works to develop the border area with neighbor...
Companies based in the two countries are part of an “illicit procurement network” that has been targeted by U.S. sanctions. In the early hours of December 16, 2023, a swarm of drones headed toward the USS Carney, a warship patrolling the southern Red Sea. Crew...
If there is one vegetable that is religiously added to all cuisines across south Asia, it is onions. The staple vegetable holds an extremely important place in the common man’s life. Onions are grown on around 136,000 hectares of land, with the 2020 figures...
KUALA LUMPUR – Johor’s state government has proposed that its business hub Iskandar Malaysia be designated as the special economic zone being planned between Singapore and Malaysia, The Straits Times has learnt. It is not known, though, if Malaysia’s federal...
The Malaysian government’s plan to remove subsidies this year on food and other basic necessities for all and target them only for needy citizens has many in the low and lower-middle income groups worried. That’s because food prices have been high since the Ukraine...
PORT KLANG: Northport (Malaysia) Bhd, a member of MMC Group, set a new milestone by handling 11,405,312 freight weight tonnes (fwt) of conventional cargo in 2023. This record-breaking achievement surpassed its previous high of 11,115,670 fwt recorded in 2022....
