Malaysia Travel News

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 -- Malaysia's first submarine KD Tunku Abdul Rahman left Toulon, France on its historical maiden journey to Malaysia at 11 am Thursday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Budget carrier AirAsia on Thursday launched a low-cost air courier service in Malaysia, expanding its business to boost revenue amid the global economic slump.

THE Malaysian Government has admitted its borders are "very porous" and called for international help to secure them and curb the rampant people-trafficking industry in the country.

MALAYSIA Airlines will suspend its thrice-weekly services from Kuala Lumpur to New York via Stockholm vice versa effective October 2009.

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra did spend a night in Malaysia, his legal adviser Noppadon Pattama confirmed on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 -- Indonesia will probably retract the decision to stop sending its citizens to work as maids in Malaysia in August if discussions on the matter between the two countries came out positive, Indonesia's Minister for Labour and Transmigration, Erman Suparno, said Monday.

With more than 70 tropical islands, highland resorts, an intoxicating mix of cultures and one of the most user-friendly capital cities in Asia, I feel I have every right to ask myself what the bloody hell am I doing being driven up a nondescript jungle road minutes from Kuala Lumpur, being feasted on by sparrow-sized mosquitoes, all in a Malaysian ...

Australia's famously tetchy relationship with Malaysia is a thing of the past with the government moving to improve ties even further, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.

Just spent 3 nights in KL and was fantastic! Flew in for 530am and slept all day! Then had some lovely Chinese.

RAMESHWAREN, a young Tamil asylum-seeker from Sri Lanka, speaks quietly, with a painful melancholy that belies his years.

Malaysia Sun Thursday 2nd July, 2009 Penang/Kuala Lumpur , July 2 : Seven Indian nationals have lodged a complaint with the Indian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, accusing their employer in Penang of abusing them and failing to pay their salaries regularly for the past four years.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 -- The tourism minister has an art of drawing tourists into the country.

Malaysian property trusts and government-linked companies including Sime Darby Bhd.

IBS Software Services, a city-based IT solutions provider to travel, transportation and logistics industry, has signed an agreement with Malysia Airlines for providing a crew management solution, the company said Tuesday.

Mourning Michael Jackson fans around the world awaited word Monday on the possibility of a global memorial to the King of Pop.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 24 - After years of lobbying by rights activists and the international community, Malaysia passed an effective and comprehensive law in 2007 against human trafficking with provisions for protection, shelter and return of trafficked person to their home countries.

MALAYSiA'S prime minister said on Saturday his government will take stern action against anyone abusing Indonesian maids and urged employers to show greater interest in their welfare.

The capital of Malaysia is a fascinating mix of the modern and traditional.With independence celebrations under way, there's no better time to go, says Richard Watkins Click here for print edition WHY GO NOW? Malaysia's capital, commonly known as "KL", is a vibrant, modern city offering some of the best shopping opportunities in South-east Asia.

Who knows what mysteries lurk beyond the portals of the night market in Kuala Lumpur.

Mix masters ... Peter Kuruvita's dish of devilled mud crab. Photo: Edwina Pickles Guess who's coming to dinner RAINER BECKER, one of the world's top Japanese chefs, is a German who once cooked in Sydney.