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Korea’s Seoul Startup Festival to Feature Malaysian Green Tech Pitches

One building that makes itself known before you’re ready for it is the Dongdaemun Design Plaza. The curved aluminum exterior designed by Zaha Hadid rises from the middle of Seoul like something...

Malaysia’s National Soccer Team Signs Japanese Goalkeeping Coach

The Football Association of Malaysia lost three top technical staff members in the middle of June 2026. They left in just two days. The head coach, Peter Cklamovski, quit. Seiya Imazaki, a member of...

Japan’s Anime Research Hub Opens Malaysian Franchise Campus

Over the past few years, something has been slowly growing in Malaysia that doesn’t fit into the usual story about how anime has spread around the world. That story is mostly about how many...

Osaka Streetwear Icon Collaborates With Malaysian Hypebrand for Drop

There is a specific type of streetwear cooperation that succeeds because it makes a certain geographic logic seem clear in retrospect rather than because it pursues hype. That type of drop is the...

South Korea’s K‑Food Festival in KL Attracts Chefs From Busan and Seoul

When the chili paste strikes the perfect balance between sweetness and sharpness, a certain type of crowd gathers around a tteokbokki stall. That crowd has been building all week at Kuala...

Malaysia’s Sabah Races to Build Sustainable Sea Turtle Habitat Corridor

Most nights between June and September, a hawksbill turtle hauls herself onto a familiar strip of sand off the southeast tip of Sabah in the warm shallows of the Celebes Sea. Until recently, no one...

Singapore’s Turf Club Debuts Hybrid Horse‑Drone Race Event

Take a moment to visualize it. After years of dwindling crowds, the Kranji grandstand was largely empty, but it lit up again for something different than a sixteen-furlong sprint. A swarm of racing...

South Korean Government Announces Tech Talent Exchange With Malaysia

This appears to be one of those diplomatic announcements that, although seemingly standard on paper, are not. A tech talent exchange program between Malaysia and South Korea has been confirmed by the...

Tokyo’s New Science Center Unveils Mars Colony VR Experience

Entering an elevator in Tokyo and emerging thirty minutes later feeling as though you’ve just left Mars is almost absurd. At Tokyo’s newest science attraction, however, a glass-walled...

Singapore’s Largest Cultural Street Festival Returns With Japan Theme

The low, rolling thud of taiko drums moving across an open field is a distinctive sound that lets you know the festival has begun before you even see it. That sound has become somewhat of a fixture in...

Malaysia’s Terengganu Announces Offshore Art Residency Initiative

When one of their own is recognized in a distant place, a certain kind of pride subtly emerges in small towns. That’s the general atmosphere in Terengganu at the moment, as local artists...

Seoul’s Han River Marathon to Add AR Fan Experience Zones

These days, it’s difficult to distinguish between the start of the festival and the conclusion of the sporting event when strolling through Ttukseom or Jamsil Hangang Park on a race weekend. It...