No, it’s not Photoshop. Though the praying mantises photographed by a Malaysian photographer really do look like that. Living close to the tropical jungle, Pang Way is in the perfect place to find these critters. Appearing to be caught in a series of dramatic Flamenco-style dance poses, the exotic insects are a riot of color…

Malaysia’s government said Friday that it would pursue legal action against Meta Platforms for failing to comply with its repeated request to remove “undesirable” content from Facebook. The Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it had made attempts to contact Meta about harmful content posted on its social media site Facebook, but they were…

About 29 percent of migrant domestic workers in Malaysia face forced labor conditions, such as restrictions on the freedom of movement, according to a survey released by the United Nations labor agency. The report, released by the International Labor Organization (ILO) on June 15, revealed that 7 percent of domestic workers in Singapore and 4…

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency has revealed that Jho Low, the Malaysian financier wanted for his role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, is currently hiding in Macau. The financier, whose full name is Low Taek Jho, has been a fugitive since 2015 when investigations into the theft of billions of dollars from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1MDB…

Malaysia’s maritime agency has detained a Chinese barge carrier for illegal anchoring and found it was carrying a cannon shell believed to be from British warship wrecks in the South China Sea. The agency said the ship was registered in Fuzhou, China, and it was detained at around 12:45 p.m. local time on Sunday for…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited China’s naval force in the South China Sea last week—at exactly the same time as the United States and the Philippines began their largest-ever joint military drills. Xi visited the navy of the Southern Theater Command on April 11 after China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command concluded its military…

Malaysia no longer believes it is necessary to depend on the U.S. dollar, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said during an address to the nation’s parliament. Following last week’s state visit to China, the Malaysian prime minister revealed that Beijing is open to deliberations with Kuala Lumpur to establish an Asian Monetary Fund. “When I had…

BATU PAHAT, Malaysia—Flooding resulting from days of torrential rain has forced almost 40,000 people to flee their homes in Malaysia’s southern Johor state, bordering Singapore, and at least four people have died during the past week, officials said on Saturday. “We used to always prepare for the rainy season in November and December,” Mohd Noor…

This film is only available in North America and the UK because of territorial licensing. They may look like ordinary posts of exotic pets for sale on social media. But they are feeding a growing trade in illegal and endangered animals in Malaysia and beyond—a criminal industry that’s worth billions. …

KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia said on Thursday it could stop exporting palm oil to the European Union in response to a new EU law that strictly regulates sale of the product. Commodities Minister Fadillah Yusof said Malaysia and Indonesia would discuss the law, which bans sale of palm oil and other commodities linked to deforestation unless importers…