A 54-year-old Chinese national has been arrested by police for trying to steal the credit card of an Australian passenger during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Penang today. Barat Daya police chief Sazalee Adam said the 44-year-old Australian tourist had lodged a police report as soon as the plane touched down at Bayan Lepas airport.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has turned its focus to attracting young travellers this year in its bid to woo more tourists from mainland China, which remains among the country’s largest sources of foreign tourists. This comes as the Southeast Asian nation missed its ambitious target in 2024 of drawing 5 million Chinese tourists to its shores.

The Palestinians, who were evacuated in August, requested to return home during the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

(250119) -- KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People enjoy themselves during a parade with fish-shaped lanterns in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan. 18, 2025. Celebrations and cultural activities are being held around the globe to welcome the upcoming Chinese New Year. (Xinhua/Chong Voon Chung)

Malaysia has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on some exports of flat-rolled iron products or non-alloy steel from China, India, Japan and South Korea, the trade ministry said.

Ishiba's visit to Malaysia marks his first overseas trip since he took office, in October, except for a tour to South America to attend international conferences in November. The Japanese government views Malaysia, this year's ASEAN chair, as key to diplomacy with Global South developing and emerging countries.

China’s Shi Yuqi captured the Malaysia Open men’s singles crown after a dominant 21-8, 21-15 victory over Denmark’s Anders Antonsen in Kuala

While all regions witnessed growth, North Asia was the fastest growing in 2024, registering an increase of 40% compared to 2023. Changi Airport’s top five passenger markets for the year were China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Thailand.

SINGAPORE – Changi Airport handled 67.7 million passengers in 2024, which is 99.1 per cent of pre-pandemic levels in 2019 and just shy of a full recovery. This was a 14.8 per cent increase from the 58.9 million passengers who passed through the airport in 2023, said operator Changi Airport Group (CAG) on Jan 22.

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As Malaysia exits an era of political turmoil, its fifth prime minister in the last six years is pushing to transform the country into a tech hub.

The majority of Asean member countries should adopt a common time zone of GMT+8 as this would further integrate Asean as a compelling economic bloc,