Malaysia

Elliott Broidy and others are connected to globe-spanning scandals.

Is the guilty verdict in the prime minister’s corruption trial a sign of hope or business as usual?

Undocumented migrants and refugees are caught in the crossfire of Malaysia’s coronavirus response and a xenophobic backlash.

In Southeast Asia, the coronavirus pandemic has provided a handy excuse for a clampdown on free speech.

Beijing has increased pressure on its nervous neighbors in its quest to dominate the entire South China Sea.

The tense encounter around a Malaysian drillship drew in five navies.

The country’s newest leaders should have jumped into action immediately. Instead, they wasted precious weeks jockeying over cabinet positions.

94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad has betrayed his 72-year-old successor Anwar Ibrahim. Again.

On the podcast: The founder of the group Bellingcat on using open sources to investigate war crimes and abuses.

Despots and crooks are using China’s infrastructure project to stay in power—with Beijing's help.

Trump has revived a four-way security dialogue among the United States, India, Australia, and Japan, but if it's going to make China pay attention, it will need some new members.

The fiery Muslim teacher is wanted back home in India, but Malaysia won’t give him up.

Islam helps inspire Southeast Asian journalists to fight for press freedoms.

Hundreds of thousands of Uighur have been detained without trial in China's western region of Xinjiang.

The newly energized democracy is missing the chance to make its diplomatic mark in the region.

The cover-up of the 1MDB affair was taking the country toward autocracy — until the people won the day.

Newsroom predators in foreign bureaus hurt their colleagues — and their stories.

Corruption and incompetence pushed Malaysians to end decades of one-party rule.