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When the bass dropped at Selangor’s Pinkfish Festival on New Year’s Eve, the crowd erupted in euphoria. But by sunrise, celebration had turned to tragedy – with four attendees dead, three hospitalised, and Malaysia’s festival culture thrust into the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. The deaths have revived a debate over drug use in […]
From relocating US Marines in Okinawa to Mary Jane Veloso’s return to the Philippines, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting. Source link
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as an “informal adviser” during Malaysia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year. Anwar made the announcement during a press conference in Putrajaya yesterday, alongside visiting Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, Thaksin’s youngest daughter and the fourth member […]