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Thailand, Malaysia to speed up border infrastructure improvement

Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to expedite the construction of land transport links at their border, to foster trade between the two countries.

Bangkok Post

Refugees in Malaysia worry government tracking system a ‘trap’

Home minister says all refugees with UNHCR cards must register with its TRIS system, but refugees worry about the risk.

Al Jazeera

Malaysia urges Asean states to engage Myanmar junta's rivals

Malaysia wants a clear endgame in Myanmar' faltering peace process and is advocating direct engagement by Asean states with the junta's opponents, and bringing other countries into the fold, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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Malaysia urges ASEAN states to engage Myanmar junta's rivals

Malaysia wants a clear endgame in Myanmar' faltering peace process and is advocating direct engagement by ASEAN states with the junta's opponents, and bringing other countries into the fold, its foreign minister said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Give Myanmar asylum seekers a chance

The right to seek and receive asylum from political persecution is guaranteed under Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but the people of Myanmar who are fleeing conflict and economic hardship in their war-torn country don't seem to be receiving the help granted by the clause.

Bangkok Post

MotoGP announces 2023 pre-season test dates

MotoGP has announced the provisional dates for 2023 pre-season testing, with three days in Malaysia in February followed by two in Portugal in mid-March.

Autosport

Borderless haze threatens Southeast Asia

Governments, civil society and the international community need to work fast as the dry season approaches and smoke haze returns in Southeast Asia.

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Triple delight for paddler Sharath Kamal Commonwealth Games 2022

Another mixed pair of Sathiyan and Manika Batra, however, went down 2-3 to Malaysian combination of Javen Choong and Karen Lyne

The Hindu

HAL offered Light Combat Aircraft Tejas twin seater for Malaysia tender

Several other countries too have furnished interest in the indigenous fighter

The Hindu

India bids to sell fighter jets to Malaysia, says six other countries interested

India has offered to sell 18 light-combat aircraft (LCA) "Tejas" to Malaysia, the defence ministry said on Friday, adding that Argentina, Australia, Egypt, the United States, Indonesia, and the Philippines were also interested in the single-engine jet.

Reuters

Malaysia court overturns landmark citizenship ruling for women

Court backs government appeal against decision that women should be able to pass citizenship to children born overseas.

Al Jazeera

Malaysian citizenship ruling on babies born abroad overturned

Malaysia's Court of Appeal on Friday overturned a landmark ruling that had enabled mothers with foreign spouses to automatically pass on their nationality to children born overseas.

Bangkok Post

Does ASEAN Really Need an Official “Second Language”?

If Southeast Asia really needs to have official languages, choosing all the national languages of the ASEAN countries would be a prudent move.

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How Malaysia ended up owing $15 billion to a sultan's heirs

Malaysia is scrambling to protect its assets as the descendants of the last sultan of the remote Philippine region of Sulu look to enforce a $15 billion arbitration award in a dispute over a colonial-era land deal.

Reuters

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Saudi Arabia, Malaysia to Renew Military Agreement for 5 Years

Malaysia wants to renew the military cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia for five years, ending in 2027, Malaysian Defense Ministry Secretary-General Muez bin Abdulaziz said. In remarks to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abdulaziz said the defense cooperation between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia is based on three pillars: military cooperation, collaboration in the…

Reuters

Malaysia's ban on chicken exports expected to end on Aug. 31 - minister

Malaysia's ban on chicken exports is expected to end on Aug. 31, Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee told parliament on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

Malaysia's chicken export ban 'to end on Aug 31'

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's ban on chicken exports is expected to end on Aug 31, Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee told parliament on Thursday.

Reuters

Myanmar junta frustrating everyone over peace plan - Malaysia minister

Myanmar's ruling military has been uncooperative and has frustrated everyone in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with its lack of progress in implementing a peace plan, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

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Silver in CWG | President Murmu, PM Modi greet Indian badminton team

Defending champion India succumbed 1-3 to Malaysia and settled for a silver in the mixed team badminton event on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Malaysian mothers fight country’s unequal citizenship laws

Malaysia is one of just 28 countries that do not allow women to pass on their nationality on an equal basis with men.

Al Jazeera

Why is the Myanmar crisis such a challenge for ASEAN?

ASEAN ministers meet a week after the military hanged four activists, but look unlikely to take a tougher line.

The Hindu

Kidambi Srikanth falters as India settle for silver with loss to Malaysia

World number 14 Srikanth came up with a flat performance in the men's singles

Bangkok Post

Cambodia, Asean need to step up in Rohingya crisis

Since August 2017, rampant persecution and violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has pushed hundreds of thousands of Muslim minority people, known as the Rohingya, to abandon their homes and seek sanctuary in Bangladesh. According to the United Nations' estimation, 200,000 Myanmar civilians have already sought refuge in Bangladesh following prior…

Reuters

U.S. jet that flew Pelosi to Malaysia departs from Kuala Lumpur

A U.S. air force jet that flew U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Malaysia has left the capital Kuala Lumpur, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24 and Reuters witnesses.

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Pelosi arrives in Malaysia as tensions rise over possible Taiwan visit

Local media in Taiwan reported the U.S. House speaker will arrive in Taipei on Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to visit in more than 25 years.

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