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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said corruption in this country has over the years reached a level of almost becoming a lifestyle, with cash ushered in and heralded as the new king.

SINGAPORE (Oct 28): Imagine a crossroads. The traffic lights are not working and the junction is heavily congested with vehicles, with angry drivers stuck in the logjam for hours, honking and cursing each other. There is no way out of it because no one wi

(Sept 25): Malaysia is advancing an anti-monopoly investigation into Singapore-based Grab Holdings Inc., ramping up a broader government push to bring greater competition to its economy.

(Sept 20): Appliance maker Dyson is hiring more than 2,000 people across Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines over the next four years, following its decision to relocate its head office to Southeast Asia.

(Sept 18): Malaysian ruling party leader Anwar Ibrahim, who cut a deal to become the country’s next prime minister ahead of last year’s election, said he should take power around May 2020.

(Sept 13): Governments in Southeast Asia are taking steps to guard against a potential deterioration in pollution levels from Indonesian forest fires, as smoke and ash continue to blanket the skies over the region.

(Sept 16): All over Asia, bubble tea — also known as boba tea — stalls are popping up on every corner and long queues are a usual sight. Bubble tea, which consists of tea, milk and toppings such as chewy tapioca pearls, has sparked a craze, with peopl

(Sept 9): Air quality in Singapore and parts of Malaysia may worsen in the coming days with Indonesian authorities warning of more forest fires in the region already in the grip of an unusually long dry weather spell.

Iskandar Malaysia attracted billions of dollars in investment from Singapore. But as the special development region nears its target ‘maturity’ date, it is now better known for its property glut than as the economic driver it was meant to be.

  Vasantha Ganesan is an associate editor at The Edge Malaysia.