The 24-Festival Drums, the creation of two talented Malaysians, has been listed as a national cultural heritage and has a following in several countries.
AS if Iceland does not have enough problems, McDonald’s has just announced the closure of its three restaurants there and said it has no plans to return.
NOW it’s official: Hamid Karzai is designated President of Afghanistan for another five years. But how much or how little of that term he will eventually serve is another matter.
AN old saga with new actors. Boat people are again on the move. While the boats have been taking to the sea and the seas have been taking the boats for quite a while, the plight of boat people is once again grabbing world headlines.
While elections in a few US states this week saw mostly narrow margin fights, a Taiwanese migrant scored a landslide victory in New York to become city comptroller.
At some point, most people think about abandoning the security of their jobs and pursuing their dream. How do you know if it’s the right thing to do? And what makes that decision worthwhile?
As a provocative film by a renowned German investigative journalist about ‘‘latent and blatant racism’’ in Germany plays in cinemas here, our columnist wonders whether it’s only race that needs addressing.
Unless we truly want to turn Malaysia into a police state as in Iran and Afghanistan under Taliban rule, laws that turn every perceived sin into a crime against the state will only result in selective persecution and victimisation.
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