MELAKA: Sixty-eight years ago, on this day, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, who later became the nation's first prime minister, read the Declaration of Independence for the Federation of Malaya in ...

Hari Merdeka, or Malaysian Independence Day, is a significant national holiday celebrated on August 31st each year. This day marks the anniversary of the Federation of Malaya’s independence from ...

Women with national flags pose for a group photo during the 56th National Day celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 31, 2013. Malaysia marks its 56th National Day to commemorate the independence of the ...

MELAKA, Feb 15 (Bernama) -- Four giant screens will be installed on Feb 20 around the Stadthuys and several other locations for the Bahtera Merdeka public gathering in conjunction with this year’s ...

The former British colony of Malaya (now Malaysia) gained its independence on August 31, 1957. However, this was based on a deal by the Malay elites represented by the conservative United Malay ...

The country has just celebrated its 68th year of independence, and Malaysia Day is now on the horizon. In the spirit of the Merdeka season, FMT Lifestyle takes a nostalgic journey into the past, ...

Now that it had its independence and was free of the stigma of imperial control, the newborn Federation of Malaya decided to try its own hand at bringing an end to the costly nine-year-old jungle war ...

The Malayan jungle, for seven years a field of battle with Communist terrorists, was invaded by a strange new company last week. Instead of armored cars, mobile units rolled into the kampongs ...

MELAKA, Feb 20 (Bernama) -- Sixty-eight years ago, on this day, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, who later became the nation's first prime minister, read the Declaration of Independence for the ...