From ancient cities to multicultural food, islands to mountains, and shopping that rivals the best in Asia, Malaysia has everything going for a traveller. With Visit Malaysia Year 2026 just around the corner, the outlook for our tourism calendar is promising.

The world has woken up to an uncomfortable truth — we are dangerously dependent on one island — Taiwan — for the chips that power our lives.

THERE are moments when protocol collides with principle. Trump's visit to Kuala Lumpur, staged with spectacle, was one such moment. To many Malaysians, it felt like the surrender of moral authority. EMIR Research has consistently argued that Malaysia's strength lies in credible neutrality, dignity in the Global South, and policy anchored in justice.

SEOUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 32nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Gyeongju and pay a state visit to South Korea from Oct 30 to Nov 1 at the invitation of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung.

AS China prepares to implement its 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030), policymakers and economists across Asia are closely watching its implications for regional growth.

At today's inaugural Asean Inclusive Growth Summit organised by Mastercard in Kuala Lumpur, His Royal Highness Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah set a tone both reflective and forward-looking.

Despite public indignation, Malaysia is preparing to welcome a figure whose legacy is written not in diplomacy, but in destruction.

BUDGET 2026 was tabled with the reassuring confidence of prudence. It promises a narrower deficit of 3.5% of GDP, an allocation of RM421.2bil, and a renewed commitment to fiscal responsibility under the Madani framework. The message is clear: tightening its belt while sustaining welfare.

Are our schools still a place we can entrust our children to? That has been a question Malaysians have persistently asked ever since the tragic killing of Yap Shing Xuen.

IN OUR earlier commentary, Budget 2026: From B40 to B70, Redefining Malaysia's Middle Class, EMIR Research argued that Malaysia's deepest fiscal challenge lies not merely in managing debt but in recognising the erosion of its true middle class.

KUALA LUMPUR: China has made tremendous efforts to ensure women's equitable access to education of all categories and levels and women's right to education has been effectively guaranteed, says a white paper released on Friday (Sept 19).

IN POLITICS, government, business and social institutions, leader-managers must be able to lead and manage in four key areas.