KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: After a short break, the Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) is again under stress and close to be exchanged at 4.8 against one American Dollar (USD). The Center for Market Education agrees with the general consensus that the resurgent weakness of the domestic currency is mainly due to external factors:
JAKARTA, Indonesia-The KRI Nanggala (402) sank in April last year with the loss of all 53 crew, one of the worst peacetime military disasters involving any of the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-On 10 Feb 2021, I wrote an opinion piece justifying why Malaysia’s economic life is terminally ill based on the sub-headings - corruption on the precipice, economy bleeding, and fiscals sucked dry.
MICHIGAN, U.S.--Research on last week’s Conservative government’s Autumn Statement budget shows that it will lead to a devastating fall in workers’ living standards.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--A year ago, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and 150 media partners around the globe began rolling out the Pandora Papers, a world-rocking exposé that’s been called “a money bomb with political ripples”, and “a financial earthquake”.
Law minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has been in the news a lot recently but unlike many other politicians who are the subject of media coverage
BANGKOK, Thailand--Over the last six months the prices of everyday staples have been on the rise. Now some markets are beginning to see chronic shortages of items like chicken.
BERLIN, Germany--While countries in Asia Pacific have made great strides in controlling bribery for public services, an average score of 45 out of 100 on the 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) shows much more needs to be done to solve the region’s corruption problems.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Institut Demokrasi dan Hal Ehwal Ekonomi (IDEAS) melahirkan rasa kebimbangan mengenai kejatuhan sebanyak lima kedudukan Malaysia dalam Indeks Persepsi Rasuah (CPI) 2021 yang terkini oleh Transparency International.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) is concerned about Malaysia’s five-spots drop in Transparency International’s most recent Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2021, having dropped from a ranking of 57th out of 180 countries in 2020 to 62nd in 2021.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Saya mengambil serius terhadap keputusan skor dan kedudukan Malaysia dalam Indeks Persepsi Rasuah (CPI) 2021 yang dikeluarkan Transparency International-Malaysia (TI-M).
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--Malaysia is experiencing some kind of information warfare amidst an unstable government that places its political sustenance above the needs of the people.
While MUIS officer Munir Hussein is still under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation bureau (CPIB) and Singapore police commercial affairs department (CAD) relating to issues arising from the ministerial inquiry into foreign halal certification irregularities, another financial scandal is coming to light.