COMMENT | This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Malayan Emergency, a 12-year war declared by the then-British colonial power against the insurgent anti-colonial forces led by the Communist Party ...

Revelations about a grandfather who died before she was born stirred photojournalist Sim Chi Yin to delve into her family history and a little-known chapter of the Malayan Emergency: the large-scale ...

A report produced by R. W. Komer for the RAND corporation, detailing the measures taken by British forces during the Malayan Emergency 1948-1960, which included the forced resettlement of half a ...

A ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the end of the Malayan Emergency has been held at the Cenotaph in Hobart. More than 100 people laid wreaths and held a minute's silence to remember the ...

Starting so soon after World War II and with Australian ground troops only committed after the Korean War had reached an armistice; the Malayan Emergency is one of Australia’s least known or discussed ...

Friday was Malaya and Borneo Veterans' Day to recognise Australian military personnel who served in the two campaigns. The Malayan Emergency went from 1948 to 1960 and the Indonesian Confrontation ...

A forum on the Malayan Emergency became a little heated when several from the audience questioned if the event and panellists were trying to justify atrocities committed during the Malayan Emergency.

The number of soldiers killed in Afghanistan may eclipse the death toll of Australia’s longest continuous military commitment, the Malayan Emergency, which lasted 13 years and claimed 39 lives.

A long Cold War conflict seen through the eyes of the Chinese community in Malaya. Show more One of the earliest Cold War conflicts was a 12-year guerrilla war commonly known as the Malayan Emergency ...