This no gimmick, no filter 75-year-old 'kakcikyah' is showing the way in attention-grabbing content creation.

With global tension rising, it is an opportune time to introduce a new vision for this grouping of nations.

Do political appointees make good country representatives?

The first Asean meeting of the year is happening this weekend. Officials are enthusiastic, and so is the media, which is hoping to have enough access to keep the public informed on how Malaysia is doing as Asean Chair.

Malaysia is hosting the first major Asean event this year, the foreign ministers retreat in Langkawi in two weeks, and it will set the tone on how issues will be dealt with during its chairmanship.

There are many questions about why Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim needs foreign advisors for his role as Asean chair.

More than 30 official overseas working trips in two years is a lot for a head of state. To ease minds, we need greater transparency and disclosure about them.

This hardworking Malaysian is all fired up for the next phase in her life.

Apart from convincing the next US president to attend the Asean summit next year, the bigger challenge for a trading nation like Malaysia is to tackle an inward looking leader.

A new chapter begins for Malaysia and Indonesia relations, and the feel good vibe between leaders is spilling over onto the citizens too.

The Foreign Ministry’s engagement with the media has been almost nil ahead of Malaysia’s Asean chairmanship next year. This is not the time for isolation, says the writer.

Real institutional and administrative reforms go beyond cancelling trips.