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Indonesia and Malaysia are two neighbouring nations that share similarities in many aspects. [3] Both Malaysia and Indonesia have many common characteristic traits, including standard frames of reference in history, culture and religion. Although both countries are separate and independent states, there are also profoundly embedded similarities ...
By the 1960s, the superpowers, the US and the USSR, as well as growing regional power China had had significant influence in Southeast Asia. From 1961 to 1968, the US had had steadily increased its military involvement in Vietnam, providing support for the ostensibly pro-democratic South Vietnam in the form of military advisors (during Kennedy's term [1]) and later ground troops (during ...
The monarch of Malaysia is the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (YDPA), commonly referred to as the Supreme King of Malaysia. Malaysia is a constitutional elective monarchy, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is selected for a five-year term from among the nine Sultans of the Malay states. The other four states that do not have monarch kings, are ruled by ...
Previously known as The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Kemenko Polhukam). [1] The Coordinating Ministry for Political and Security Affairs (Indonesian: Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Politik dan Keamanan, abbreviated Kemenko Polkam) is the Indonesian government ministry in charge of the planning and policy co-ordination, as well as synchronisation of policies ...
Plzeň (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpl̩zɛɲ] ⓘ), also known in English and German as Pilsen (German: ⓘ), is a city in the Czech Republic. It is the fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 186,000 inhabitants.
After Malaysia came into being, the Alliance Party of the Malay Peninsula became closely associated with other alliance parties in Sabah and Sarawak. In the 1964 general election , boosted by the formation of Malaysia and the confrontation with Indonesia , the Alliance Party was even more successful, winning a majority (58.4%) of the votes and ...
Map of Greater Indonesia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, and East Timor. Greater Indonesia (Indonesian: Indonesia Raya) was an irredentist political concept that sought to bring the so-called Malay race together, by uniting the territories of the Dutch East Indies (and Portuguese Timor) with British Malaya and British Borneo. [1]
In Malaysian politics, a frog (Malay: katak politik) (Sabahan: Buhangkut politik) refers to an act where a politician crosses the bench from one party to another (changing support). [1] This term was first coined in during the 1994 Sabah state elections after United Sabah Party losing its majority even the party won the state elections.