Weirdness
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5.5KIn 1984, Sabah gave up Labuan to make it a Federal Territory. But why?
Quick! Try and think of three facts about Labuan other than it being a Federal Territory in East Malaysia. Most Malaysians would...
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4.8KMalaysia sprayed roads with disinfectant to fight Covid-19, but… will that do anything?
With the coronavirus pandemic progressing in Malaysia, you might have noticed that some areas are now marked as red zones. These are...
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7.8KMeet Ruhaiyah Ibrahim, the lady behind Doraemon’s voice in Malay
So, the Women and Family Development Ministry has recently uploaded a series of posters on Instagram that have been widely criticised by...
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17.9KGuess how many timezones Malaysia had before finally having one standard time?
Ask just about any sociologist, and they’ll probably tell you: “time is a social construct“. Who came up with the idea of time?...
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2.1KLike Malaysia, Belgium had no government in 2010. This is what happened to them.
In case you’ve missed the news for the past few days, the tour bus that is Malaysian politics has rolled offroad and...
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2.1K8 Game of Thrones-like twists that happened in Malaysian politics
[This article was originally published on 10th May 2015] [UPDATE 24/02/2020] We’re bringing this article back to you in light of the...
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3.2KThe Chinese gold miner who became Sarawak’s Rajah for a day
Say what you want about the White Rajah James Brooke (the angmoh who ruled Sarawak from 1841-1868), but he was for sure...
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1.9KHere’s 5 possibilities that may happen if Mahathir joins the UMNO-PAS alliance
[Artikel ni asalnya ditulis kawan-kawan kami kat Soscili. Kalau nak baca artikel ni dalam BM, klik sini!] Malaysian politics seem to be...
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2.2KHow life-threatening is Rosmah’s disease? We ask a doctor.
Before you bring up the parangs and start hacking at us for writing yet another coronavirus article, rest assured that it’s not – we’re...
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3.7KM’sian women tell us their sexual harassment stories – and why they kept quiet
Last year, a Malaysian correspondent for South China Morning Post Tashny Sukumaran came close to starting Malaysia’s own #MeToo movement when she tweeted about her experience...