Lifestyle

Getting excited when you come face to face with a roaring waterfall is one thing, but dedicating your life to protecting it is another. One woman shows how a life-long obsession isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Malaysians are notorious for littering at picnic spots, especially the waterfalls. One woman is dedicating her life to saving the falls from the littering masses.View more

Travel & Adventure

Cultural immersion

Homestays are becoming an increasingly popular activity in Malaysia, both with foreigners and locals. Life in a Malay village is sometimes as alien to the country’s urbanites as it is to the international visitors.

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The way it was

Perak 300 Early Postcards, launched to commemorate the silver jubilee reign of Perak’s Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah, is an important source of historical information on the state.

Fall of the wall

Come Monday Nov 9, Germany celebrates the 20th anniversary of a historical event that not only dismantled physical barriers but reunited a nation.

     

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