The dispute over Pedra Branca - a strategic rocky outcrop at the entrance of busy shipping lanes in the Singapore Strait - dates back to 1979, when Malaysia published a map indicating that the ...

Malaysia and Singapore announced on Tuesday an agreement on a special economic zone in the southern Malaysian state of Johor, aiming to support investment and free up movement of goods and people ...

A renewed effort to weave together the economies of Singapore and southern Malaysia could benefit both nations, if political challenges can finally be overcome.

Set up in Malaysia’s southern Johor state and linked by a causeway to Singapore, the zone is centered on one of the world’s busiest land border crossings, with an average of more than 300,000 ...

Johor Bahru, capital of the state of Johor in Malaysia. (Photo: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg) · Bloomberg By: Ram Anand (Bloomberg) — Malaysia said it’s near a deal with Singapore to develop Southeast Asia’s ...