Malaysia

The new prime minister has a grueling task ahead of him.

A messy array of politicians and parties are competing to win the election—and avoid jail.

Malaysian mothers can’t automatically pass on their nationality to foreign-born children. The pandemic has worsened the law’s ill effects.

At 73, Malaysia’s embattled opposition leader has had the top job snatched away from him every time.

If China is seeking a reset of relations, it has a strange way of showing it.

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.