Barisan Nasional won 48 of 56 seats in the 16th Johor state assembly election on July 11, 2026, its biggest majority in Johor since 2004 and an improvement on its 40-seat result in 2022; Pakatan Harapan won 8 seats and Perikatan Nasional was eliminated from the state assembly entirely; voter turnout reached 56.77 per cent by 3pm with more than 1.52 million ballots cast from the 2.7 million eligible voters
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim and Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul met in Putrajaya on July 9 and resolved a fisheries row that had soured bilateral trade since May, when Thailand restricted Malaysian-caught sea bass over chemical residue concerns and Malaysia responded by banning some Thai shrimp varieties; they signed an agriculture MoU and agreed to develop a special border economic zone.
Series A+ of equity and debt led by Cocoon Capital with IFP Securities and BlackSoil Global; 20,000+ merchants across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines; profitable since December 2025
Malaysia's Cabinet approved a one-year extension of its 'no find, no fee' agreement with marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity on June 26, with Transport Minister Anthony Loke announcing on June 29 that the search will continue through June 30, 2027, covering 7,428 square kilometres still unsearched in the southern Indian Ocean.
Malaysia's 10th Prime Minister and Finance Minister, in office since November 2022, whose three-decade arc from jailed dissident to coalition leader shapes ASEAN's diplomatic posture and Malaysia's economic reform.
The world's most-produced vegetable oil, grown primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia, underpins global food prices, biofuel mandates, and a deforestation dispute with the EU.
Shared by Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, the Strait of Malacca carries 23 million barrels of oil daily, more than any other chokepoint, linking Middle Eastern suppliers to Asian markets.
Two states vote within 60 days; PH fields 56 candidates in Johor on July 11, a referendum on Anwar's reform record before the 2028 general election
RM600m+ in direct losses after a cancelled NSM delivery; Anwar, on Russian TV, contrasts Oslo's reversal with Moscow 'honouring all commitments'
At a 35th-anniversary summit in Kazan, ASEAN and Russia adopt four cooperation documents; the Philippines' Marcos co-chairs even as he leans on Washington
The JS-SEZ, covering 3,588 square kilometres of southern Johor, logged RM73 billion in investment inquiries by mid-2026; in June PM Anwar Ibrahim's government actively pitched US semiconductor and manufacturing firms on the zone as tariff-hedging territory