Summary Malaysiakini wins big at the MPI-Petronas Malaysia Journalism Awards 2024, taking home four gold awards. News portal bags first prize in four categories.

The Orang Asli community is seeking answers after a teenager’s preventable leprosy-related death.

In 2022, it was reported that over 10% of Orang Asli children dropped out of school due to logistical issues, family problems and negative attitudes towards education.

Al-Sultan Abdullah awarded the Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Pahang Yang Amat Mulia - Peringkat Kedua Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP), which carries the title "Datuk", to Orang Asli Development ...

The stark reality of Malaya is that with the exception of direct descendants of the Candi, Langkasuka empires, and the Orang Asli, and perhaps some of the sea gypsies, all the peoples of Malaya today, ...

Indeed, Orang Asli are treated like “anak tiri” (stepchildren) as they claim. Throughout the history of colonisation of the peninsula by pirates originating from the Indonesian archipelago ...

The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the lenses of young female Orang Asli filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell ...

The toll of China’s epidemic is unclear. But dozens of obituaries of the country’s top academics show an enormous loss in just a few weeks.

The issue of Orang Asli schoolchildren dropping out of school has been a longstanding one despite efforts taken by government and private agencies and NGOs to encourage them to complete their ...

Department of Orang Asli Development (JAKOA) director-general Sapiah Mohd Nor said her department has identified several factors for the fairly high dropout rate among Orang Asli children.

For 16 months, indigenous Orang Asli villagers of Kampung Mesau in Malaysia have been living at a fork in a logging road. In the Chini-Bera forests in Pahang, they have built a wooden blockade to ...

The prime minister says a study is being done and he hopes to see more Orang Asli children pursue their education to the highest level possible.