Ushar Daniele
Correspondent, Asia
Ushar Daniele is the Post’s Kuala Lumpur–based correspondent covering Malaysia, Southeast Asia and the wider region. She focuses on current affairs, geopolitics, the economy, climate change and the environment. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera English, CNN and VICE News, and she has earned two awards for excellence in digital and television reporting.
Ushar Daniele is the Post’s Kuala Lumpur–based correspondent covering Malaysia, Southeast Asia and the wider region. She focuses on current affairs, geopolitics, the economy, climate change and the environment. Her work has appeared in Al Jazeera English, CNN and VICE News, and she has earned two awards for excellence in digital and television reporting.
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Artists question efforts to develop local talent, highlighting ‘worrying trend’ of global stars with no Malaysian opening act.
The former prime minister’s conditional pardon is a severe blow to Anwar’s ruling coalition, which is facing its worst internal strife.
Given a ‘conditional pardon’, Najib has to settle his US$12.3 million fine before he can be transferred home to complete his sentence.
Nearly a year after the school toilet stabbing, Yap Shing Xuen’s mother wrote of her grief and paid tribute to her brave daughter.
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The customary council says an April proclamation purporting to remove Tuanku Muhriz Munawir was invalid from the outset.
Anthropic’s discovery of an AI election campaign in Malaysia shows how weak data safeguards exacerbate the risk of political manipulation.
Asean was going to eliminate transboundary haze by 2020. What happened?
What started as a local experiment in Malaysia a decade ago has evolved into a global model for workplace inclusion.
A job offer is only the first step, deaf Malaysians say. True inclusion means equal opportunities and room to rise.
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency says the ex-minister is being investigated for his links to a hotel lease agreement in Saudi Arabia.
Pollution index hits 476 near the border, forcing school closures and triggering emergency cloud-seeding plans in Sarawak.
Urban renewal aims to regenerate the capital’s historic core, but polish and authenticity don’t always share the same street.
Police say the distraught husband left a note blaming US$61,000 in scam debts and his wife’s ongoing contact with a fraudster.
Joint cloud seeding efforts offer immediate relief from the haze, but experts warn fire prevention at source is the real battle.
Solehah Yaacob went viral with her pseudo-history claims. She is fighting against her dismissal.
Barely three months old, Rafizi Ramli’s breakaway party is already siphoning crucial votes away from Anwar Ibrahim’s coalition.
Asean’s consensus-based approach limits the effectiveness of a regional response to tackle the haze, a climate expert says.
Malaysians push for local government action by reaching out to the New York City mayor, who is known for his quick responses.
The empty truck ran a red light and hit a car before ploughing into a family of pedestrians at a Kuala Lumpur road junction, police say.
Ridhuan Tee Abdullah publicly questioned why a Hungry Ghost Festival banner was in Chinese rather than Malay.
The Sepang International Circuit is hosting the race for the first time since 2017 as the Bahrain leg was cancelled due to the Iran war.
However, the proposal has raised concerns that it could lead to an expansion of palm plantations and create an environmental burden.
Unicef survey shows young people reporting significant concerns including worsening illnesses and heat-related health problems.
Unstable coalitions have created greater room for the country’s royal institutions to influence government formation, observers say.
Having his daughter quit as deputy president of the party he founded is going to be a huge political setback for the prime minister, analysts say.
The country’s proximity to major drug-producing areas and porous borders make it an attractive transit point for traffickers, analysts say.
Analysts say the remarks are aimed broadly at powerful states as Southeast Asian nations seek stronger deterrence against coercion.
DAP chief Anthony Loke’s defeat in Chennah, which he has represented for 13 years, is a big blow to the ruling coalition’s largest party.
PH must now reconsider its efforts to appeal to conservative Malay voters and rebuild its long-standing reform narrative, analysts say.
