Malaysia

The Heat: IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings

August 19, 2015

Watch begins for possible birth of newest national panda

Americans are on panda watch after the National Zoo announced that they detected a fetus during an ultrasound of giant panda Mei Xiang.

August 5, 2015

Chinese foreign minister’s agenda in Malaysia

China is offering three proposals to ease tension in the South China Sea.

August 1, 2015

Debris to be taken to French military research centre

A piece of wreckage that washed up on an island in the Indian Ocean is now in France. The debris will be analysed at a military laboratory to determine whether it’s a part of missing Malaysia airlines MH370.

July 30, 2015

Filthy, sewage-filled Rio water a threat for 2016 Olympics

The waters where Olympians will compete in swimming and boating events next summer in South America’s first games are rife with human sewage and present a serious health risk for athletes, as well as for visitors to the iconic beaches of Rio de Janeiro.

July 29, 2015

Beijing vows to host sustainable Olympics

The International Olympic Committee is due to choose the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at its 128th session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday, July 31.

July 18, 2015

How extremism ruins believers’ lives with “Jihadi migration” lies

23-year-old Tursun becomes excited when he recalls his experience of leaving home to attend high school in another part of China. He told the reporter that they ( him and five other students) went to school and it was “amazing” inside. Their dormitory was nicer […]

June 7, 2015

Malaysian Airlines set for major job cuts

The man tasked with saving Malaysia’s beleaguered national airline Malaysia Airlines addressed the media today for the first time since taking on his new job. Christoph Mueller took over at the start of last month, ahead of schedule, and began by preparing the airlines’ 20,000 […]

May 30, 2015

Thai Navy failed to find Southeast Asian migrants

In Southeast Asia, thousands of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar are stuck and lost on the Andaman sea. And human-trafficking camps in Thailand and Malaysia are being shut down. Despite offers of aid from Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, not a single boat has been found.

May 27, 2015

Mass grave investigation continues at Thai, Malaysia border

Investigators in Malaysia continued to exhume the remains of those buried in mass graves at sites along the border between Thailand and Malaysia, believed to be related to human trafficking.

May 25, 2015

Malaysia finds 139 graves at jungle trafficking camps

Malaysia has found 139 graves, and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants across the border with Thailand, the country’s police chief said on Monday.

May 22, 2015

Large number of Bangladesh workers in Malaysia

Nearly 1.5 million people from Bangladesh are working legally, and illegally, in Malaysia.

May 20, 2015

Asian countries dealing with influx of migrants from Myanmar

The foreign ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand held an emergency meeting to discuss a mounting crisis on how to deal with an unprecedented influx of desperate migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.

May 8, 2015

Pakistan helicopter crashes killing Norwegian, Philippine ambassadors

Pakistan’s foreign secretary on Friday said a military helicopter carrying diplomats to inspect a tourism project crashed earlier in the day because of a technical fault.

April 24, 2015

Southeast Asia countries meet at summit in Malaysia

The 10 country Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN summit kicks off this weekend in Malaysia and expectations are running high for the Southeast Asian countries to move quickly toward economic integration.

April 16, 2015

Countries learn lessons from dramatic slide in oil prices

Dramatic isn’t a word you hear around the halls of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank that often, but the drop in oil prices over the last year is just that. Like many economic trends there are winners and losers.

April 16, 2015

China, Malaysia, Australia may expand search area for MH370

After more than a year of searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and with still no trace found, transport ministers from Malaysia, Australia and China met Thursday to seek agreement on where the search goes from here.

April 16, 2015

China, Malaysia, Australia will double search zone of MH370

The missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in March 2014, while en route to Beijing. Officials from China, Malaysia and Australia say they will double the search area if the wreckage is not found in the current zone.

April 7, 2015

New Malaysia terror law allows indefinite detention without trial

Less than three years after Prime Minister Najib Razak scrapped the controversial Internal Security Act, which also allowed for preventive detention and frequently used against political opponents, Malaysia’s government has introduced a new anti-terrorism law that will allow for indefinite detention without trial.

March 23, 2015

In photos: Singapore mourns Lee Kuan Yew

A special zone to pay tribute to Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, has been set up outside Istana, the official residence and office of the President of Singapore, since Monday morning. Thousands of mourners have flocked to this site to pay their respects.

March 6, 2015

Flight MH370 families mourn a year after Malaysian Airlines incident

It’s been one year since Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370 disappeared. The jet vanished over the Indian Ocean with two hundred seventy seven passengers on board and there is still no sign of it.

March 5, 2015

Authorities meet to combat pirate problem in waters of Southeast Asia

Authorities have curbed pirate attacks in the busy Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia, so pirates have shifted their focus elsewhere in the region.

February 16, 2015

Non-Muslims in Malaysia worry about increasing Islamization

One government that is under pressure to expand the role of sharia law is Malaysia. The pressure is not only coming from the Islamist opposition, but from within the ruling party itself. It’s inspired the government to come up with something called the “Sharia Index.” Many non-Muslims are […]

February 12, 2015

Chinese relatives protest declaration all perished on missing flight MH370

Chinese relatives of passengers on a missing Malaysia Airlines flight protested Thursday outside the carrier’s office, urging Malaysia to rescind a declaration that all on board have perished.

February 8, 2015

Malaysia to introduce bill to bolster national security, fight terrorism

Malaysia is expected to introduce a new anti-terror law. The government hopes to stem the flow of its citizens going abroad to fight with terror groups such as ISIL. The measure is predicted to crack down on other domestic security threats. Critics fear legislation will […]

February 3, 2015

Malaysia’s medical device industry sees booms over contagious disease fears

The growing threat of contagious diseases around the world has led to a boom in medical device sales from countries including Malaysia. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reported this story.

January 29, 2015

Malaysia calls off search for missing flight MH370, calls disappearance an accident

Malaysia civil aviation are now calling the disappearance of Flight MH370 an accident, in order to clear the way for compensation claims to begin.

January 13, 2015

China sends supplies to Malaysia to aid in recovery from flood devestation

China has recently donated supplies and recovery tools to aid victims from last December’s floods in Malaysia that forced nearly a quarter of a million people from their homes and claimed 18 lives. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reported this story from Kuala Lumpur.

January 3, 2015

Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar seek sanctuary in Malaysia

Malaysia is experiencing the impact of a surge in Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar in recent months. Many of the new arrivals describe horrifying ordeals they endured to make their way to Malaysia.

December 31, 2014

Floods force Malaysians from their homes

Malaysia’s worst floods in decades have hit some of the poorest parts of the country. The floods have forced nearly a quarter-million from their homes. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reported from northeastern Malaysia.

Bodies found as authorities close in on AirAsia crash site

December 30, 2014

Bodies, debris found from AirAsia crash

Debris and bodies found floating in the Java Sea have been identified as from the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501. Indonesian authorities further identified a suspicious shadow under the water which they suspected to be the full remains of the aircraft.

December 29, 2014

Flooding in Malaysia displaces 140,000

More than 200,000 people in Malaysia were experiencing the country’s worst floods in decades, with at least 10 people killed. The hardest hit was the state of Kelantan on Malaysia’s northeast coast, where a combination of unusual tide conditions, the northeast monsoon winds, and heavy […]

December 29, 2014

AirAsia Flight QZ8501 still missing after 40 hours

It has been more than 40 hours since AirAsia Flight QZ8501 went missing Sunday. Several nations have joined the search operation in the Java Sea, which has so far yielded suspicious objects and an oil slick, but none confirmed to be from the flight.

December 28, 2014

Missing Flight QZ8501: Who is AirAsia?

Indonesia AirAsia has never had a fatality in its 18 year history. The airline has led the way in low-cost flights throughout the South East Asian region, and it’s closely allied with its CEO, Tony Fernandes. For more information on the background of AirAsia, CCTV […]

December 12, 2014

Malaysia to ease visas for Chinese tourists

It was supposed to be a banner year for Malaysia’s tourism industry, the Visit Malaysia Year 2014 promotion. But it turned out to be a year that tourist arrivals dropped following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, and shooting down of MH17 over Ukraine. […]

December 11, 2014

Cheap oil hurts Malaysia’s oil-exporting economy

Most countries in Southeast and East Asia benefited from plunging global crude prices, but the free fall has been a sharp blow to the oil-exporting Malaysian economy.

November 25, 2014

Falling prices of rubber leads to protests, formation of cartel

Top Asian rubber producing countries have agreed to establish a cartel to control world prices following a slump in demand that has caused plummeting rubber prices. CCTV America’s Martin Lowe reported this story from Bangkok.

November 11, 2014

Toll road spat between Malaysia, Singapore affects businesses, riders

A recent toll road dispute between Malaysia and Singapore has escalating into a price war that has significantly affected people both countries, Rian Maelzer reported this story from Johor, Malaysia.

October 16, 2014

Five new nations join UN Security Council

Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain, and Venezuela just won highly-coveted seats at the United Nations Security Council. CCTV America’s Liling Tan reports on the details of the new members.

October 15, 2014

Spain, Turkey, New Zealand vye for last two seats on UN Security Council

All 193 members of the U.N. General Assembly will vote on the new members of the Security Council on Thursday. Spain, Turkey and New Zealand have been campaigning for the two remaining seats on the Council.

September 2, 2014

Malaysian economy recovers after tragedy

Despite Malaysia’s biggest airline suffering twin disasters, the country’s economy is expected to expand nearly six percent this year.

August 8, 2014

Share trading in Malaysia Airlines suspended

The government is taking over troubled Malaysia Airlines. The carrier’s future is in doubt after a series of air disasters.

August 4, 2014

The Heat: The US Terrorism Watch List

The U.S. government’s terrorism watch list reportedly includes tens-of-thousands of names of known or suspected terrorists.

July 31, 2014

Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Netherlands meet in The Hague

A visit by the forensics experts to the MH17 crash site follows a joint appeal from the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and the Netherlands. CCTV America’s Richard Bestic reports from the Hague.

July 29, 2014

Air chiefs discuss risks of flying over war zones

Officials from four international aviation bodies have met to discuss the risks to civilian aircraft in war zones, in the wake of the shot-down Malaysia Airlines flight 17. The event, hosted by the International Civil Aviation Organization, in Montreal, included representatives from air carriers, airports […]

July 23, 2014

Ukraine crisis continues despite MH17 plane crash

As the first bodies are transported back the Netherlands, the turmoil in Ukraine from the MH17 plane crash continues.

July 22, 2014

Malaysian officials to turn over MH17’s black boxes to British investigators

The flight recorders will be examined by British air accident investigators.

July 20, 2014

Malaysia airline families hit hard by twin tragedies

With the tragic losses of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and the disappearance of flight MH370, the airline is struggling. More importantly, it has taken a toll on the airline’s staff. Many have lost friends and in some cases loved ones on the two flights. CCTV’s Rian […]

July 18, 2014

Russia blames Ukraine for downing of MH17

The Russian Defense Ministry is stressing that Russian forces were not involved and hinting that it is the Ukrainian military that is in fact guilty. Tom Barton reports more from Moscow on what Russian leaders are saying about Flight MH17.

July 12, 2014

Malaysia central bank raises benchmark interest rate

Malaysia’s central bank is raising its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than three years. Even so, there are parts of the economy that may prove troublesome. Rian Maelzer reports from Kuala Lumpur.

June 18, 2014

New search zone to be decided for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

More than a hundred days ago, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared without trace. Now, Kuala Lumpur, the city the plane departed from, is hosting a major conference, bringing together international search and rescue specialists from both governments and the private sector. It’s no surprise that […]

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