Culture
6 names that caused an uproar in Malaysia
Earlier this week, the organizer of a Songkran Festival in Perak was (water)pressured into changing the event’s name to Sahom …
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Culture
M’sia might lose billions from Kedah gambling bans. Here’s how.
On 14 November 2021, Kedah’s Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi announced that the state government would no longer issue …
Health
KJ has an evil-sounding “Generational End Game” planned… here’s why it might not work.
So, KJ has announced the government’s plan to bring about a “Generational End Game” (GEG) in Malaysia earlier in January …
Automotive
Wait, drunk driving is the LOWEST cause of fatal car crashes in Malaysia? We check.
No matter how you look at it, there are some things in this world that just cannot be combined: oil …
Science
The gomen just asked all civil servants to cut plastic use. But how specifically?
In the current era of warnings against single-use plastics here and there, the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and …
Business
No foreign cooks in Malaysia? 9 sap-sap ways foreigners can work around the ban
[UPDATE: This article was originally published in Oct 2014 when Penang banned foreign workers from cooking at hawker stalls. In …
Media
Malaysian journalists have been banned from Parlimen lobby. This might change the news you read
Whenever parliament is in session (like now), it’s usually a common sight to see reporters from all news publishers hanging …
Automotive
Will reducing Kap Chais really reduce pollution in KL? We investigate.
Our gomen has been expressing their environment-loving side recently. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor recently announced that they are …
Culture
Will the Selangor & KL plastic bag ban work? We look at other countries
YAYY, new year, time to make resolutions! The whole state of Selangor also made a new resolution, or should we …
Media
5 books banned by the Home Ministry because they… “disrupt the public order”?
(Kalau nak baca artikel ni dalam BM, klik kat sini!) In the past we’ve talked about blocked websites, classified public information, …