Forest City, a $100 billion luxury development in Malaysia, is banking on tourism to shed its "ghost town" image. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Plans are underway to transform the Forest City project in Johor, and current developments could work in its favour. Will they be enough? The programme Insight looks at the prospects for what was once ...

Forest City is a luxury development in southern Malaysia. China's largest developer, Country Garden, spent $100 billion building the estate. I first visited Forest City in May 2022, and it was a ...

On the approach to Malaysia’s US$100-billion island megaproject backed by Chinese investment, a collapsed bridge forces drivers to detour before they reach an artificial city emerging from palm ...

Malaysia ’s US$100 billion China-backed ghost city was meant to house 700,000 people. After few people moved in, developers tried in vain to make it into a tourist hub.

Shops are closed at the Forest City Marina Hotel, located in the city of Gelang Patah in Malaysia’s Johor state, on Sept. 1, 2023. Mohd Rafsan/AFP via Getty Images Economics ...

A general view of condominiums (back) at Forest City, a development project launched under China's Belt and Road Initiative in Gelang Patah in Malaysia's Johor state on September 1, 2023.

George Town, a colonial port on the island of Penang, dazzles visitors with its winding alleys, pastel-painted storefronts, sumptuously restored hotels and mouthwatering food. By Simon Elegant ...

Malaysia’s renowned coffee shop chain Old Town White Coffee has finally landed in the Philippines, opening its first Metro Manila branch in SM Grand Central in Caloocan City on Thursday, May 25.