Josh Hong

As highly educated Muslim women rise, their male counterparts display signs of fear at losing their power over the weaker sex.

Chinese New Year - or Spring Festival - is an opportunity for change.

History is not something that should be changed...

Democracy works best when people can publically voice their opinions

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein Onn is losing his plot.

Najib has given in to forces hostile to judicial...

Conviction in Malaysian minds deepens that the country is manured in graft with the latest mystery of the missing RMAF jet engines.

The LDP's fall in Japan could foreshadow Umno's fate.

To describe it as a diplomatic blunder would be too trifling for a serious matter like this.

A bloated bureaucracy and corruption is choking the lifeblood of our nation

Even if they may qualify for Malaysian citizenship, there is still a test of loyalty to pass. Yet loyalty is something so subjective that it almost always amounts to nothing but one more excuse for the powers-that-be to exercise their discretion arbitrarily.

Like it or not, the "little red dot" today boasts strategic, financial, political and economic influence that is totally disproportionate to its size and population, making it a "success story" of the Chinese diaspora.

The Noble Peace Prize comes too early for US president where the Middle-East peace process is concerned as Israel attempts to head off action against its invasion of the Gaza strip.

Mahathir was adamant that the National Service programme be carried out and warnings against hasty implementation fell on deaf ears.

If a democracy such as the US does not uphold the principles of human rights, there would be more excuses for Malaysian leaders to justify the draconian laws.

Yukio Hatoyama of DPJ was inaugurated as PM in Tokyo last Wednesday.

"Politicians are a lot like diapers - they should be changed frequently and for the same reason." - Robin Williams in the movie 'Man of the Year'.

The eight-year Bush administration produced many failures, one of which is the paltry effort by Washington to resuscitate the peace process in the Middle East.

As the Germans bend over backwards atoning for the atrocities inflicted on the Jews by the Nazi regime, the question arises if the Israelis would ever accept that the Palestinians too deserve similar consideration.

Where neighbouring countries accept street protests without batting an eyelid, Malaysian authorities spout ancient rhetoric that has neither sense nor substance.

In a largely Han Chinese market, a lady was kind enough to warn me against visiting Uyghur places, for "the unruly youths always carry a dagger". I was not bemused, for I had just purchased one as a souvenir from a nearby shop and, looking at the jobless Uyghur men loitering around and the widening income gap between the Han and the Uyghur, I knew why it was so.

Najib's 100 days have come and gone, but there is little evidence to suggest he is ready to promote the culture of accountability