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  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
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    Tech groups to pay premium for energy for Malaysia data centres, says minister

    Investment in ‘oil of the 21st century’ will support country’s development of renewable power

    Skyscrapers and modern office buildings illuminated at night in Kuala Lumpur's business district.
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
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    ‘Obscenely greedy’ oil executives handed Swiss jail terms for role in 1MDB fraud

    Former PetroSaudi chief Tarek Obaid and right-hand man Patrick Mahony found responsible for embezzling $1.8bn

    Tarek Obaid, right, and Patrick Mahony outside the court in Bellinzona, Switzerland, on Wednesday
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Chinese emigration to Malaysia doubles on student and investment surge

    Middle-class families seek more affordable destination amid slowing economy at home

    Ethnic Chinese Malaysians visit a temple on the first day of lunar new year celebrations in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Global migration
    Digital nomads bound for south-east Asian sunshine face visa dilemma

    Countries such as Thailand and Indonesia have tried to formalise process but struggle to boost take-up

  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    From palm oil to data: Malaysia builds AI hub on Singapore’s doorstep

    Companies take advantage of cheaper land and more abundant energy

    Palm oil trees in Johor state plus CGI of a data centre
  • Monday, 15 July, 2024
    Malaysia’s king bids to revive Chinese-backed ‘dream paradise’

    Development of vast Forest City complex in Johor has languished as Country Garden’s debt problems mount

    A model of the Forest City project shows multiple ‘sold out’ signs on top of replica apartment blocks
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Chinese companies seek assurances from Malaysia on avoiding US tariffs

    Mainland groups shift production to south-east Asia in order to export to America

    The Penang and Malaysian flags fly in front of a building labelled Plant A1
  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Business InsightMercedes Ruehl
    Singapore’s ‘Fomo’ amid the rise of the AI data centre

    Like many other countries it has underestimated how demand is going to expand in coming years

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Bank robberies in Gaza

    The enclave has suffered from cash shortages and looting

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    News in-depth
    Premier Li Qiang’s visit has Malaysia wanting more from China pivot

    Xi Jinping’s absence for 50-year anniversary of diplomatic ties rankles PM Anwar Ibrahim’s government

    Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, with China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing in March last year
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    CVC Capital Partners Ltd
    General Atlantic and CVC halt south-east Asia deals as Gaza war boycotts intensify

    US brands including Starbucks, KFC and Pizza Hut are being targeted over Washington’s stance on Israel

    Protesters in Jakarta, Indonesia, attend a rally in support of Palestinians on April 7
  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    Special ReportHealth and Climate Change
    Deforestation opens paths for disease spread from animals to humans

    Damage to habitats and closer contact can help multiple infections jump from wildlife

  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Travel
    Slow train to Penang: the return of the Eastern & Oriental Express

    After a four-year hiatus the lavish hotel-train is back, on a new route through the jungles of Malaysia

    A woman in white trousers and gauzy white shirt shades her eyes as she looks out from a train carriage
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast19 min listen
    A surprising winner in the US-China chip wars

    How Malaysia is making the most of the rivals’ battle for global tech supremacy

  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Malaysia revives ‘ambitious’ high-speed rail plan amid hurdles

    China Railway Construction and Hyundai unit among companies showing interest

    A montage of Malaysia’s Petronas tower, a high-speed rail and Singapore’s Merlion
  • Monday, 11 March, 2024
    The Big Read
    Malaysia: the surprise winner from US-China chip wars

    Tension between Beijing and Washington over access to technology has prompted many companies to open factories in south-east Asia

    Penang skyline, man inspects semiconductor chips at a factory in Malaysia; Intel factory in Penang
  • Sunday, 25 February, 2024
    Interview
    Malaysia PM decries ‘China-phobia’ among US and western allies

    Anwar Ibrahim says rivalry squeezes smaller countries as he courts investment for semiconductor supply chain

    Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at Greatech Integration’s factory in Batu Kawan, Penang, Malaysia on February 16 2024
  • Sunday, 4 February, 2024
    Travelista
    Classic escapes with contemporary chic

    Odes to the clever overhaul – from the Eastern & Oriental Express to haute Saint-Trop

    A bedroom at Billnäs Gård, an intimate new hotel in Finland
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    Semiconductors
    Nvidia supplier to set up pilot plant in Malaysia

    Kinsus would be first Taiwanese maker of chip material substrates to enter the south-east Asian country

  • Sunday, 17 December, 2023
    Kuwait
    Kuwait’s ruler dies at 86 after brief reign

    Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah delivered policies to bring greater political cohesion to oil-rich country

  • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
    Anwar Ibrahim
    Malaysian PM Anwar struggles to boost economy a year after victory

    Rising food prices and weak currency hamper reform plans

    Anwar Ibrahim
  • Monday, 27 November, 2023
    ReviewVisual Arts
    South-east Asian and Latin American artists united in tropical storm at National Gallery Singapore

    A new exhibition looks at parallels in how artists from both regions handled revolution and freedom

    View of paintings hanging on glass walls in the middle of an orange gallery
  • Monday, 30 October, 2023
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Malaysia plans to accelerate its EV and chip sectors as supply chains shift

    Officials and business leaders call for resilient trade during Kuala Lumpur forum

    Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Goldman sues Malaysia over 1MDB settlement

    Wall Street bank seeks arbitration in the UK over dispute regarding $2.5bn settlement

    The Goldman Sachs logo on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 4 October, 2023
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Malaysia aims for chip comeback as Intel, Infineon and more pile in

    South-east Asian country aims to regain semiconductor edge as companies seek supply chain stability

    A Malaysian worker in a chip company
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