Independence Day

2017 SEA Games concludes in style

Malaysia celebrates the end of the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) with a glittering, colourful and sparkling closing ceremony at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. The biennial games, also known as Kuala Lumpur 2017, ran between August 19 and 30, 2017. The game coincides with the celebration of Malaysia’s 60th Independence Day. It is the sixth time that Malaysia has hosted the biennial competition.

31 August 2017
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Courage and purity, the identity of Sang Saka Merah Putih

The Indonesian flag caused an uproar over the weekend when the SEA Games 2017 official booklet had placed the bicolor flag upside down. Introduced on August 17, 1945, the national flag of Indonesia was instituted as the nation's symbol for courage and purity. The red and white colours are a symbolic representation of the nation's struggle for independence.

21 August 2017
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