Dozens of Rohingya refugees believed to have come from two boats stranded at sea for weeks as they tried to reach Malaysia landed on the Bangladesh coast on Saturday, Rohingya community leaders said.Bangladesh has refused to let the two trawlers carrying about 500 people to land on its territory despite United Nations (UN) calls to allow them in as a powerful storm bears down on the region.Security officials said a small boat carrying about 40 people, including "starving" women and

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should show some urgency regarding China’s latest actions in the South China Sea and hold a virtual meeting with member states to discuss this matter.Amid the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Southeast Asia, ASEAN member states are busy battling the virus while China is actively building its presence in the occupied territories.In March, China launched two new research stations on the Chinese-built artificial islands at Fiery Cross Re

Xenophobic sentiments on social media against “the most discriminated people in the world” – the Rohingya of Myanmar – is on the rise in Malaysia.A few weeks ago, it was reported that Malaysia denied entry to a boat carrying around 200 Rohingya refugees which was spotted by an air force jet off the north-western island of Langkawi.

This article first appeared on 27 April, 2020 on Kill Your Darlings (KYD), one of Australia’s leading arts and culture magazines.By 9pm on 9 May, 2018, the results of the Malaysian general election are just beginning to become clear. My family friend Sham, her two twin daughters and I abandon a shopping trip in Kuala Lumpur once the first results begin to trickle in. We need to be where the action is.

Millions of Muslims around the globe started fasting yesterday as the month of Ramadan began on Friday (24 April). Nevertheless, with the COVID-19 virus looming worldwide, the celebration this year is significantly different than in prior years.

According to retail intelligence firm Stackline, there are a number of e-commerce categories that have been decreasing in demand since the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

The new coronavirus pandemic has unleashed chaos on the world. Governments and organisations are scrambling to manage and contain the deadly virus from spreading further. As of 16 April, more than two million people have been infected worldwide and over 100,000 have succumbed to the deadly virus.

As of 14 April, almost two million people around the world have been infected with the deadly new COVID-19 coronavirus. In Southeast Asia alone, over 20,000 confirmed cases have been reported with close to a thousand fatalities recorded. The pandemic, which first emerged in the city of Wuhan in China has negatively impacted livelihoods, local industries and the global economy in general.

A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations (UN) warning of "devastating" consequences.Over half of humanity has been confined to their homes as the highly contagious virus marches round the planet, while governments worldwide have ordered the closure of businesses deemed non-essential.Malaysia - one of the world's top rubber producer

In recent years, ASEAN member states have experienced a decline in birth rates with a total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.11 recorded in 2017 down from 5.5 in 1970.