Industry Updates
Sarawak Tourism launches “Gateway to Borneo” at WTM London 2024
The Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) is making waves at this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) in London with the debut …
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Health
How the Sarawakian govt’s mistakes caused the rabies outbreak
Back in his primary school days, this writer remembers sitting with his friends during recess one time and talking about …
Culture
Did you know: Sarawak was actually named after a mineral?
In school, some of us may have remembered a teacher or two mentioning that Sarawak was named that back in …
Education
How the Sarawak state govt got 22,000 people to pay their PTPTN loans
As of November 2021, about 22% of graduates who took the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN) loan have not started …
Culture
Am I an ‘outsider’? Here’s what it’s like staying in Sarawak as an Indian for 18 years.
Most people have heard of stories of Sarawakians living in Semenanjung and the stereotypes they face. From being asked if …
Culture
[UPDATED] Sabah and Sarawak are now known as ‘Borneo states’. But how did we get here?
[UPDATE: 12th July 2022 – This article was originally published on the 9th of April 2019. The proposed amendments have …
Culture
This tiny Sarawak jetty costs RM50k, but maybe because it’s made of this rare wood…
When someone tells you there’s a jetty in Sarawak that cost RM50K to build, you might be imagining something that …
Culture
3 Iban folk stories kept alive thanks to Benedict Sandin, Sarawak’s greatest historian
Ok, quick question for all the non-East Malaysians: off the top of your head, how many traditional Iban folk tales …
Culture
Sabahans & Sarawakian IC’s have a feature that gives them… special perks?!
Whether it’s to register as a visitor or to sign up for an MLM, we use our IC’s almost every …
Law
Malaysia’s new Law Minister used to fight communists in Sarawak (+ 3 other facts)
We’re gonna start off with this quick poll: If you haven’t really been following the Malaysian political scene closely (or …