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Outdated drainage in Kuching is intensifying flash floods and leaving communities vulnerable. Infrastructure must improve. - Macaranga (supported by Earth Journalism Network)
Despite challenges, Tagal shows how indigenous knowledge and collaboration can address environmental issues. - Malaysiakini (supported by Earth Journalism Network)
The indigenous Tagal system successfully regenerates rivers in Sabah, through community partnership and collaboration. - Malaysiakini (supported by Earth Journalism Network)
In Sabah, indigenous communities use Tagal, a traditional system that has conserved their rivers. - Malaysiakini (supported by Earth Journalism Network)
As the climate crisis impacts rice production, heirloom rice could save the day, as highland farmers of Sarawak show. - Macaranga (supported by Earth Journalism Network)
In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations. - Rest of World (as Feature Reporting Fellow)
A concerning trend has emerged—where Indonesian domestic workers are increasingly pushed into undocumented status. - Project Multatuli (as APWLD Migration Fellow)
In pursuit of improved economy, former domestic workers strive for fairer recruitment and employment practices. - Project Multatuli (as APWLD Migration Fellow)
With automatic registration and the lowering of voting age, youth activists and voters wielded new power in Malaysia's last election and political future. - Southeast Asia Globe
Community based activists and domestic workers are cutting out their own path for improved labour rights. - Southeast Asia Globe (supported by Thomson Reuters Foundation)
A climate of fear rises amongst Malaysians as religious authorities ramp up investigations into activities deemed "insulting to Islam". - Southeast Asia Globe
Resettlement remains the most common solution for refugees fleeing persecution, but complications persist before and even after resettlement. - Southeast Asia Globe
A new generation of young tuak homebrewers from Borneo challenge perceptions of indigenous representation and flavours. - Southeast Asia Globe
As binational families are left strained and separated for months by pandemic travel and immigration rules, online groups offer support and advocacy outlets. - New Naratif
Malaysia’s constitution restricts mothers from passing citizenship to children born abroad. Several mothers are fighting to change the sexist law. - New Naratif
The plane crashed on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, killing all eight people on board and two people on the ground. - The New York Times
A look at Malaysia's 400-mile railway being built by China's Belt and Road Initiative. - NPR
A mother is contesting her kids' conversion to Islam, reflecting the stark ethnic and religious identity markers that make up the bedrock of Malaysian state policy. - NPR
The appointment of Anwar Ibrahim, the longtime opposition leader, came without an explanation of how he would form a government. - The New York Times
The country has been hit by a series of political shocks in recent years and now confronts the first hung Parliament in its history. - The New York Times
A 1997 financial catastrophe casts a long shadow in countries that are seeing the value of their money plunge to record lows. - The New York Times
The UAE banned the animated film, an offshoot of the “Toy Story” movies. Censors in Indonesia and Malaysia are also considering restrictions. - The New York Times
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees fled a detention center in Malaysia, six of them, including two children, were killed. - The New York Times
Uneven power relations expose workers to exploitation, unregulated working norms, and limited legal representation. - Kontinentalist
The Asian flush is a dreaded nemesis of drinkers in our region. But are Asians and alcohol really estranged? - Kontinentalist
What if a language was invented based on memory and legends? 5 Asian languages reveal how myths can translate a community’s aspirations into the written word. - Kontinentalist
While they share connections, India and Indonesia are each tasked with the arduous challenge of holding together hundreds of ethnic groups and languages. - Kontinentalist
Farmers, the majority of whom are women, are looking to food sovereignty to reclaim power over land, seeds and agricultural systems. - APWLD
Fermentation, like Penang's story of change, is a process of giving time and care, of letting things take its course, and then taking a step in to pass it forward. - Penang Monthly
Amid increasing food insecurity, Vaira uses his establishment as a space to motivate and support his community. - Penang Monthly
Experimental music has been a part of Penang’s underground music scene that challenges notions of sound and structure. - Penang Monthly
What does Penang truly need, and are spaces in Penang prepared to be meaningfully inclusive for all? - Penang Monthly
As e-hailing drivers struggle amid rising costs, customers grapple with the decision to tip. - Yahoo Malaysia
In Penang, a group of eager youths are aiming to make a mark in armwrestling. - Penang Monthly
A psychologist says that anxiety over a new year is related to a low tolerance for uncertainty and a high need for control. - Yahoo Malaysia
With dramatic monologues and choreographed moves, this production addresses the life-long ramifications of sexual and gender-based violence. - Penang Monthly
As families struggle with grief and societal pressures, experts shed light on managing emotions during festive seasons overshadowed by global crises. - Yahoo Malaysia
An artistic alliance between Onyo and USM School of the Arts, The Tree of Light is slated to bring viewers into a multisensorial exhibition. - Penang Art District
For skateboarders in Penang, there appears to be a simple, common hope: As long as skateboarding wins, that is truly all that matters. - Penang Monthly
As more jiu-jitsu gyms sprout across the island, it is clear that the spirit of community is what drives this growth. - Penang Monthly
A homegrown dance production is celebrating womanhood and the power of clay at the George Town Festival 2023. - Penang Monthly
The very nature of work in Penang is shifting our ideas about communal work and living spaces. - Penang Monthly
New cafe establishments have become a culinary haven—with some fuelled by purposes that extend into friendships and community. - Penang Monthly
A plentiful supply means cheaper durians in neighbouring Singapore, but will that affect Malaysia's tourism plans for the king of fruits? - Yahoo Malaysia
Singapore's "Four National Taps" approach encompasses water from local catchments, imported water, reclaimed water, and desalinated water. - Yahoo Malaysia
While Malaysia bemoans its missed medal target, Singapore's athletes can celebrate consistent success in recent Games editions. - Yahoo Malaysia
Gamelan communities in Singapore reflect perennial discussions of race and conformity in an increasingly diverse region. - InsituRec
My love affair with Manila developed instantly. It was beautiful, upbeat and casual. Most of all, it felt familiar to my Southeast Asian ear.
Translation is a creative literary exercise to proliferate ideas and context of its original text. Three renowned translators share how this is so.
Our active choice of language has the potential to free or limit the way we shape our identity(ies).
The act of translating involves marrying text and meaning, without undermining its context. What if the word does not have an exact equivalent in another language?
What would spiritual leader Thich Naht Hanh's passage on Mindfulness sound like in Singlish?
As a translator, what happens when you encounter a language that has no punctuation?
As a simple signifier, an emoji offers the opportunity to say so much with very simple yet inventive and amusing ways. Will emojis change language forever?
We’ve all made a word up at least once in our lives. But why do we do it?
Indonesian translator Tiffany Tsao walks us through her explorations with identity and languages in this special feature for Women-in-Translation month.
As part of Women-in-Translation month, Malaysian translator Adriana Nordin Manan shares about what drew her to the written word.
