The outcome of Malaysia’s general election on Saturday was expected to be the usual landslide for the country’s ruling political bloc.
Malaysia’s Leaders Suffer Setback
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Malaysia: Merger Is a Must
Ever since its victorious, twelve-year guerrilla war against Communist rebels, rubber-rich Malaya has been an eye of calm amidst the storm of Southeast Asia.
China’s Rising Production Costs Are a Boon for Other Asian States
In the midst of a steaming-hot Malaysian jungle, sweat-stained factory workers bend over their looms, threading copper into bales of cable wire that gets so hot, it must snake through culverts of water before it can be touched. The factory floor is awash in tea-colored light from windows smeared with soot
The Gulf Disaster: Whose Asses Need Kicking?
I. The Impact: On the Oily Coast Terry Vargas is living with the oil
HIGHWAYS: The Light That Never Fails
Of all the jerkwater traffic traps set to catch and fleece U.S. motorists, the most wondrously efficient was a fast-flicking traffic light in southeast Georgia's tiny Ludowici.* The Ludowici light, which has brought the American Automobile Association more complaints than any other light in the U.S., hangs astride the intersection of two heavily traveled highways: State 38 to Savannah and a combined U.S.
China Takes on the World
The railroad station in the Angolan town of Dondo hasn’t seen a train in years. Its windows are boarded up, its pale pink faade crumbling away; the local coffee trade that Portuguese colonialists founded long ago is a distant memory, victim of a civil war that lasted for 27 years
Why Obama Will Meet with a Leader of Burma’s Junta
Among the many hands that Barack Obama will likely shake on his inaugural trip to Asia as U.S. President will be that of a soft-spoken general who happens to represent one of the world’s most repressive regimes
Latest Pawn in the Thai-Cambodian Spat? Thaksin
The naming of an honorary economic advisor to a small Southeast Asian country doesn’t usually make news.
Why a Bombing in Iran Could Be Bad News for Obama
Sunday’s suicide terror attack that killed at least five commanders of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps could have an impact far beyond the Islamic Republic’s restive southeast border with Pakistan.
Typhoon strengthens as it nears the Philippines
As the Philippines tried to recover from the one-two punch of deadly storms, another typhoon strengthened as it rushed toward it Tuesday. Typhoon Lupit, bringing winds of 121 mph (195 kph), was expected to hit part of the southeast Asian islands Thursday, the country’s National Disaster Coordinating Council said