By: Faris Arriffin When O’Reilly says Southeast Asia “has no money,” he doesn’t just sound outdated—he shows how far behind some are on history, trade, and data. Let’s break it down with receipts: 1. Trade If we’re broke, why did ASEAN trade $722B with China in 2022? That makes us China’s largest trading partner, ahead…
ANAS ZUBEDY I have strong convictions that the Jalur Gemilang mistake is a genuine one. Nothing malicious. When we look at familiar pictures and words, our mind automatically fills up the missing pieces. In psychology, the term for when our brain fills in missing details in familiar pictures or words is called “filling in” or…
The Trump administration yesterday ordered a social media vetting for all U.S. visa applicants who have been to the Gaza Strip on or after January 1, 2007, an internal State Department cable seen by Reuters showed, in the latest push to tighten screening of foreign travellers. The order to conduct a social media vetting for…
The United States President Donald Trump is wrong in starting a trade war with China and expects the world to support him. This was vividly brought home by the mockery of American conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly who could not understand the Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Vietnam, Malaysia, and Cambodia with the caustic remarks…
Tricia Yeoh The reciprocal tariffs announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2 – what he referred to as “Liberation Day” – hit Southeast Asian economies particularly hard. While they and others received a brief respite in the form of a 90-day pause, with a universal lowered reciprocal tariff of 10 per cent, tariffs…
The Israeli defense minister says his country’s troops will stay in “security zones” in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Israel says it needs to hold on to the zones to prevent similar attacks, but the takeovers appear…
By: Marques Jeevan Menon Behind every graceful gesture lies concealed power. Behind every silent nod, a sword unsheathed. President Xi Jinping’s visit to Malaysia this week is no routine affair. It is the step of the Hidden Dragon across the bridge of the Crouching Tiger. For those who do not read symbolism, it may appear…
Malaysia has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the National Development and Reform Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NDRC) – one to promote and develop the digital economies of both countries; while the other to strengthen cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The MoUs were exchanged yesterday by Minister of Digital, Gobind…
The Trump administration has been sued for imposing reciprocal tariffs world wide. The suit by California Governor Gavin Newsom pointed out that Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariff on Mexico, Canada and China or the baseline 10% tariff on all imports are unlawful. The suit claimed that Trump administration…
Political scientist James Chin pointed out that the MIC is in “ICU politics”. He said this in response to calls by MIC deputy president Datuk M Saravanan who begged the Indian community to overlook and disregard the provocations made by controversial Indian Muslim convert preacher Zamri Vinoth Kalimuthu. He described the Indian component party as…
