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701The sad fate of Penang’s pre-war Japanese prostitutes, the karayuki-san
Nowadays, Cintra Street in Penang is a popular tourist attraction with its charming guesthouses and old-school architecture. Known for its booming textile and gold trade in the 1960s-1980s, it’s arguably one of those places that defines...
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10.5KOMG someone’s making a TV series about the 1MDB scandal! Here are our casting choices.
Alert the townspeople! Malaysia will be making its way to the international big screens! Well, maybe not that big a screen lah. According to Hollywood Reporter, it was recently announced that someone will be making...
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8.0KJAKIM’s budget this year is more than double one ministry’s budget. Can you guess which?
It seems lately that there’s always something to complain about in Malaysia, and with the recent announcement of Budget 2022, some have complained that it’s not very reflective of Keluarga Malaysia. One of the more...
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1.4KWhich Malaysian politician has the sexiest voice? We listened to all 222 MPs.
This writer was watching the recent Budget 2022 announcement when he realized two things: Most of the actual content of the Budget went into one ear and out the other; and He could really only...
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959How many times has Namewee pissed off the government? Probably more than you remember
Namewee recently made the news again after becoming an overnight millionaire when he sold his new single ‘Fragile’ as a non-fungible token (NFT). But this would be one of the tamest headlines about the guy,...
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1.2KThis building in Selangor has been using radiation to make mutant plants since 1995
Here in Malaysia, we’re no strangers to unusual combinations. There’s Deeparaya. There’s Maggi (or basically anything) with cheese. And then there’s nuclear research and farming. Recently, we stumbled onto a news article from 2014 reporting...
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2.0KWhat happens if you get tested positive while travelling out of Malaysia? We check.
Yay! Our borders are reopening up again, and you know what that means… Yes ladies and gentlemen, after months of cancelled travel plans and being stuck indoors, it’s time for us to spread our wings...
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1.1KThe Penang gang war in 1867 that was started by… a thrown rambutan skin
When we think of Penang, we usually think of food, street art, history, bad driving, food, and, well, more food. It’s a pretty chill place, and probably the last place you’d think of for something,...
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4.9KUMNO needed money in the 1950’s, so they started their own… lottery.
This article was originally published in January 2021 Gambling is perhaps one of mankind’s oldest methods of entertainment. The ancient Mesopotamians used to play dice games back in 3000 BC, while the earliest recorded lottery...
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4.1K4 illnesses that might qualify Malaysians for medical ganja
We never thought we’d live to see the day when marijuana (aka ganja, weed, cannabis, etc) might be legalized in Malaysia, but here we are. This is following Daddy KJ’s announcement last week products with...
