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Dr Vilashini Somiah is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Gender Studies Programme, Universiti Malaya. She was a Visiting Fellow with the Malaysia Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. [1]

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has among the highest rates in South-East Asia for unmet family planning - a situation where women don’t want to get pregnant but are not using contraception, increasing the risk of unintended pregnancy. [2]

Death Without Departure: Bung Moktar and the Persistence of His East Coast Political Authority Published All politics is local and, in many cases, personal. [3]

Advancing Southeast Asia’s AI Future Through Sovereign AI Models Published Several Southeast Asian nations are seeking AI sovereignty through home-grown large language models (LLMs) reflecting their cultures and values, aiming to turn regional insigh... [5]

Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan is a research scholar at the Asia-Europe Institute, University Malaya, Malaysia. [6]

KUALA LUMPUR — Boasting a fast-growing economy and riding a $2.6 billion deluge of government handouts to poorer voters, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak would seem to have the recipe for electoral success on Sunday. [7]

Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan is a research scholar at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia. [8]

AFP Southeast Asian leaders met Monday in Kuala Lumpur for their first summit since US President Donald Trump’s tariffs upended global economic norms, with the trade-dependent nations expected to issue a joint message of deep concern. (confirmed by 3 sources) [9]

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[1] TH fulcrum.sg · 2025-07-30 · 85% match

Vilashini Somiah

Dr Vilashini Somiah is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Gender Studies Programme, Universiti Malaya. She was a Visiting Fellow with the Malaysia Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.

[2] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2026-03-25 · 40% match

INTERACTIVE: Malaysia has the biggest gap in family planning in Asean

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has among the highest rates in South-East Asia for unmet family planning - a situation where women don’t want to get pregnant but are not using contraception, increasing the risk of unintended pregnancy.

[3] TH fulcrum.sg · 2026-03-04 · 40% match

Death Without Departure: Bung Moktar and the Persistence of His East Coast Political Authority

Death Without Departure: Bung Moktar and the Persistence of His East Coast Political Authority Published All politics is local and, in many cases, personal.

[4] MM www.straitstimes.com · 2026-02-09 · 40% match

Heatwave in northern Malaysia to last until April

[5] TH fulcrum.sg · 2026-02-25 · 40% match

Advancing Southeast Asia’s AI Future Through Sovereign AI Models

Advancing Southeast Asia’s AI Future Through Sovereign AI Models Published Several Southeast Asian nations are seeking AI sovereignty through home-grown large language models (LLMs) reflecting their cultures and values, aiming to turn regional insigh

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-06-01 · 71% match

Southeast Asia is on the coronavirus vaccine hunt

Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan is a research scholar at the Asia-Europe Institute, University Malaya, Malaysia.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-05-03 · 71% match

Malaysia’s ‘Class War’ Fuels Opposition Election Hopes

KUALA LUMPUR — Boasting a fast-growing economy and riding a $2.6 billion deluge of government handouts to poorer voters, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak would seem to have the recipe for electoral success on Sunday.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-09-10 · 71% match

Manila's hostile Sabah grab is a page out of China's playbook

Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan is a research scholar at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-27 · 40% match

ASEAN leaders talk tariffs, East Timor, and Myanmar truce

AFP Southeast Asian leaders met Monday in Kuala Lumpur for their first summit since US President Donald Trump’s tariffs upended global economic norms, with the trade-dependent nations expected to issue a joint message of deep concern.

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-28 · 39% match

Southeast Asian nations express ‘deep concern’ over US tariffs

AFP Southeast Asian leaders expressed “deep concern” over US tariffs Tuesday, as they held a summit with China and Gulf states hailed as “a response to the call of the times” in a geopolitically uncertain world.

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