Illustration by Lam Yik Chun. Over the last two decades of using text messaging, I’ve come to believe that the 10th circle of hell comprises people who use ‘jelak’ without knowing its proper spelling, ...

SINGAPORE - Putra Irwan, 10, has never climbed a mountain before but now he knows what to say if he scales one and reaches its summit. "Puncak" - which means peak in Malay - was one of the new words ...

SINGAPORE — Mr Andy Mirza, a 42-year-old lecturer at a tertiary institute, says that he exclusively speaks English to his two sons, aged 11 and 8, because he is “more comfortable with the language”.

SINGAPORE – In an interview in which Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong talked about his aspirations for Singapore and the challenges that lie ahead, the 51-year-old leader also gave the media a ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will discuss with regional leaders to make Bahasa Melayu or Malay as the second language of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri ...

Former Chung Cheng High School (Main) student, Darius Song, initially took up Malay as a third language as it was the only elective language offered in his school But an interest to know more about ...