Sources: Jakarta Post
China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sign an upgraded free trade agreement, which will broaden collaboration on infrastructure, digital and green transition, trade facilitation and people-to-people exchanges between the two sides, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2025-10-28
Malaysia reports a record 25 deaths in the past 24 hours, thereby surpassing 1,000 deaths from COVID-19. 2021-02-18
Malaysia surpasses 50,000 total confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-11-18
Malaysia reports 869 new infections in the past 24 hours, its highest daily count so far since the beginning of the outbreak. Of these new cases, 451 cases were from Sabah. 2020-10-17
The European Union, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Turkey ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets. This means 40% of the global fleet is now grounded, with Indonesia, China and several airlines grounding their aircraft yesterday. Boeing states they will issue a software update for the model within weeks. 2019-03-12
Six rescue divers drown after they are caught in a whirlpool during a mission to locate and rescue a teenager from a disused mining pool in Malaysia. 2018-10-3
Malaysia recalls its ambassador from North Korea amid an ongoing dispute over the alleged assassination of Kim Jong-nam by North Korean agents in the country. 2017-02-20
Conservationists report in "Oryx, the International Journal of Conservation" that the Sumatran Rhino is now considered extinct in the wild in Malaysia. No new wild animals have been spotted since 2007, elsewhere fewer than 100 Rhinos remain in the wild. 2015-08-31
Australia, Malaysia and the People's Republic of China reach an agreement about the costs and direction of the ongoing search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean southwest of Western Australia. 2014-08-28
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim and three others are suspended from parliament for six months after allegedly suggesting a government unity policy was inspired by an Israeli initiative. 2010-12-16