G EORGE TOWN, July 9 — A 7.4m-long steel trolley track bearing the words “Barrow Steel” and the date “1895” has been ...

Malaysia’s Penang state boasts at least 30 hiking trails, many of which are now comprehensively mapped, so hikers can better enjoy the area’s outstanding natural beauty.

Urban murals depicting everyday life in Penang glowed dimly under the street lights, and I sidestepped the scavenging stray cats that are the unofficial rulers of the island.

PENANG, Malaysia, April 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Two innovative entrepreneurs have recently launched a website portal, RelocatetoPenang.com by Pen ...

This is a well-traveled route and there are lots of options, 39 buses a day, up to 6 trains, and ferries for the last part if you’re heading over to Penang Island (which most people are), then I ...

About half of Penang island is hilly woodlands – look at a satellite picture of the island and you will see the lay of the land all at once. Throughout these protected forests are hiking trails ...

Penang Island is shaped like a turtle, looking north. George Town is laid out on the only flat promontory (hence, the local name, Tanjung), while the other three “feet” of the turtle are hilly ...

GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia -- I have called the northwestern Malaysian island of Penang my home for the past 12 years, entranced by its multiethnic heritage and relatively low-key profile.

As tourists explore George Town’s alleys and lanes armed with street art maps, they discover a living canvas that narrates the history of Malaysia’s Penang Island from trading hub to cultural ...

GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia -- High-rise buildings arrayed like a defensive wall along the eastern coast of Malaysia's Penang Island make it hard to imagine how this tropical outpost would have appeared ...

In the late 1700s, a representative of the British East India Company, which controlled Penang at the time, was sent to the Moluccas (i.e. the Spice Islands) to collect nutmeg, clove and pepper seeds.

Penang is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Malaysia. There's a variety of places of interest to visit and navigating around the island is pretty much easy, thanks to a number of ...