Military
Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein revealed on Sunday that several senior Malaysian leaders, presumably from ruling political party UMNO, were shortlisted by ISIS/ISIL on its list of targets. The revelation has created more amusement than anxiety or anger, especially when he admitted his name was in the list too. It’s hard to believe that Mr. […]
... written on Nov 16 2015If 2014 was a bad year for Malaysia, this year belongs to France. Last year, Malaysia experienced a double whammy of aviation disaster when the country lost two planes – the missing MH370 and the downing of MH17. France’s first disaster occurred early of the year during the Charlie Hebdo shooting where 12 were killed. […]
... written on Nov 15 2015Soon, making money as a drug trafficker or pusher in Indonesia will be a tough business. Besides struggling to convince foreign investors that his country is an ideal location for investments, President Joko Widodo is working hard to clean Indonesia of its image as one of the most corrupt countries in the world. One of […]
... written on Nov 11 2015Voters went to polling stations across Myanmar (formerly Burma) yesterday (Nov 8th) in festive mood. The people of Myanmar consider this as the country’s first free general election in 25 years. The last free vote was in 1990, when Suu Kyi won but the army ignored the result, and put Suu Kyi under house arrest for […]
... written on Nov 09 2015For the third consecutive year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been named the world’s most powerful man by Forbes magazine. The insulting news to American President Barack Obama is not only he didn’t manage to overtake the highly popular Putin; he has actually lost his second place to a woman to settle for a third place this […]
... written on Nov 05 2015When the Russian Airbus A321-200 crashed in the Sinai on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board (including at least 24 children), it immediately brings back the sad memory of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down, allegedly by Russian-made BUK surface to air missile. The MH17 disaster killed all 283 passengers and 15 crew […]
... written on Nov 04 2015Depending on which century you were born, you may see China as a great innovator, or merely a great copycat. Paper, gunpowder, printing and compass are four ancient inventions by Chinese people that have had a huge impact on the entire world. If only they have had put them into good use, they could have […]
... written on Oct 28 2015It’s fourth day in a row that thousands of schools are closed while millions of students couldn’t sit for their year-end examination because of haze. Malaysian parents are grumbling as 4,778 schools and 2,696,110 students are affected. With situation not expected to improve, chances are schools could be (hopefully not) declared close tomorrow (Friday), effectively […]
... written on Oct 22 2015By now, it’s an international knowledge that Prime Minister of Malaysia – Najib son of Razak – is allegedly linked to corruption, money laundering and the murder of Mongolian Altantuya. No previous prime minister has been so popular, not even the evil dictator Mahathir Mohamed. And if everything goes well, Najib could overtake Mahathir as […]
... written on Oct 15 2015American influence in the Middle East is evaporating faster than anyone can imagine. And if the latest horrific twin bomb attacks in Ankara that killed 97 people at a peaceful rally are any indicator, the Islamic State or simply ISIS has successfully penetrated Turkey, a member of NATO alliance, assuming the barbarian militants were the culprit […]
... written on Oct 11 2015
