COCKLE breeding is a multi-million-ringgit industry in Malaysia. At its peak in 2005, it produced 100,000 tonn...

THE Sard Duen Sib Festival, or the Tenth Lunar Month Festival, is an important celebration for Southern Thai people as w...

OPERATING from a small rented shop lot at the Gangsa Business Complex in Alor Star, Kedah, the Catholic group New Thessa...

EVERY July, the main trunk road off Jalan Kulim at Bukit Mertajam is closed off as pilgrims flock to St Anne’s Church to...

A COMMON reaction when you ask any Penangite about Penang Hill is that there is nothing to do there. Everyone...

SINCE earning Unesco World Heritage Site status on July 7, 2008, George Town’s traditions have been the focus of Penang’...

DREDGING ships, sand barges and excavators dot the offshore of Gurney Drive, preparing the seabed for the Gurney Wharf p...

MAK yong or mak yung is an ancient theatre form that combines acting, vocal and instrumental music, gestures and elabora...

INTERNATIONAL and local hot air balloonists gathered at Padang Polo, Penang for the annual Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta...

JUST when you thought you had seen everything George Town has to offer, you can now enjoy the city from a platform 239m...

IT’S the time of year when families get together for a reunion dinner and enjoy traditional Chinese dishes. Every year...

THOUSANDS of Hindu devotees started their annual Thaipusam procession across the country yesterday. This year̵...

JOHN Tan’s family decided to let a beloved husband, father and grandfather to spend the last weeks of his life at home w...

VERY few pre-war and pre-1900 buildings remain in Asian cities now. China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok have almost...

A WAYANG kulit performance and workshop conducted by the Wak Long Music Centre in Penang recently invited people to lear...