Malaysia Stories

Southeast Asia faces catastrophic floods as tropical storm kills 600 hundred
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 30, 2025

Meanwhile, a separate storm, Cyclone Ditwah, also hit Sri Lanka last week, with heavy rains now moving towards southern India.

Kenya, Malaysia sign landmark deals to boost trade, tourism and technology cooperation
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 24, 2025

Among the measures agreed upon are the elimination of tariffs on Kenyan agricultural produce and beef, a move aimed at boosting the country’s exports...

Kenya courts Malaysia’s economic lessons as PM Anwar makes first official visit
Mwangi Maina  |  Nov 24, 2025

Malaysia is regularly invoked by Kenyan politicians as a benchmark—once comparable to Kenya at independence, but now an upper-middle-income economy.

AirAsia X's exit leaves Kenya and Malaysia without direct flight link
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 01, 2025

AirAsia X, the long-haul subsidiary of Malaysia's pioneering low-cost carrier, is grounding its direct service between Kuala Lumpur and Nairobi effect...

Kenyans warned against fake job agencies exploiting Malaysia 30-day visa-free policy
Charles Adinda  |  Jan 23, 2025

Moru said the 30-day visa-free entry is based on a bilateral arrangement of reciprocity, calling on Kenyans to respect the agreement by observing the...

Malaysia says it will resume search for wreckage of Flight MH370 missing for 10 years
Reuters  |  Dec 20, 2024

Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

Malaysian state converts Ramadan food waste into fertiliser
AFP  |  Apr 08, 2024

Food scraps are thrown into the machine where they are slowly mixed with rice husks and sawdust for 48 hours.

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