Education
Meet Dr. Wu – the Penangite who taught China how to quarantine the 1911 plague
As many of you would know, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to plague the world, and even tho Malaysia is currently …
History
Culture
3 Malaysian “Buddhist” practices that may not actually be 100% Buddhist
Being a multiracial and multi-religious country, Malaysia takes pride in its diverse and multicultural population. But this can also make the process of filling …
Culture
Malaya’s earliest banknotes was signed by a Chinese? We visited this museum to find out!
Let’s be honest, most of us rarely pay attention to the signatures on the bank notes we own. Unless it’s time to …
Education
What were Tun Mahathir’s contributions when he was Education Minister in the 70s?
So we started off 2020 with a very shocking piece of news… “After meeting the Prime Minister (Tun Dr Mahathir …
Culture
Ghost Marriages: Inside the 3,000-year-old Chinese tradition that ended up in Melaka
We all know that Malaysia is a big kuali of different cultures and traditions that make us very unique – on Cilisos …
Culture
One of Malaya’s original independence fighters… was a Jewish lawyer
Malaysia’s relationship with the international Jewish community is a tricky one to say the least. Despite the fact that we seem to …
Culture
Nazism has been in Malaysia for years. The Sabah graduate wasn’t the first.
Sometime in mid-November, you might’ve heard of a graduate student from Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) who uploaded a photo of himself doing the Nazi salute at …
Culture
Why is Malaysia so angry over this line that China drew?
It’s not the first time we’ve had an argument with our frenemy China, but our Minister of Foreign Affairs Saifuddin Abdullah has just …
Culture
In the 1940s, a college graduate wanted to unify Malaysia and Indonesia… but failed.
Malaysia, like many other countries, used to be a colony of the UK – and it was called Malaya. And we …
Animals
Taman Negara may not have existed today, if it weren’t for this persistent British hunter
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