KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -- Across the 10 countries that constitute the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a diverse regional bloc encompassing 600 million people, the higher education landscape varies greatly. From highly developed Singapore, which has two universities that often place well in international university rankings, to countries...
Marco Simoncelli of Italy died in a crash at the Malaysian MotoGP at the Kuala Lumpur track where he won the 250cc world title in 2008. He was 24. He lost control in Turn 11 four minutes into the race, swerving into the path of the American Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi of Italy. SPORTS BRIEFING | MOTORCYCLE RACING...
The Rev. Boon Lin Ngeo, a Malaysian Protestant pastor whose message of tolerance for homosexuals has drawn fire in his country, sat with his male partner on a lime-green sofa inside the Office of the City Clerk in New York on a late summer day, where they waited their turn to be married. The banality of the scene -- the plastic-sealed bouquets, the...
Kuala Lumpur er Malaysias hovedstad, og den største by i landet. Byen omtales af landets indbyggere næsten altid som KL.
Kuala Lumpurs lufthavn ligger omkring 50 km fra centrum.