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November 23, 2025

Donald Trump meets Anwar Ibrahim. Cultural diplomacy of Asia. Music Press Asia
malaysia

When Diplomacy Meets Rhythm: Donald Trump’s Visit to Malaysia at the 47th ASEAN Summit

When former U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Kuala Lumpur for the 47th ASEAN Summit, global media turned its gaze toward trade, security, and geopolitics. But for those within the creative industries—recording executives, festival curators, and cultural policymakers—the summit’s subtext was equally significant: Malaysia was positioning itself not only as a diplomatic hub but also as a growing cultural crossroads.…

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Colour Me Chill. Music Press Asia
culture

How Lo-fi Music a Cultural Phenomenon & Therapy to Gen Z

Lo-fi is identified as low-fidelity music or DIY music. Already fast becoming a genre deliberately recorded to magnify its imperfections, it is the low sound quality that stands out. However, the music genre has become extremely popular in recent years, especially with the Gen Z cohort. Uncomfortably something a music editor will never want to find in its descriptive quality…

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Do you have plans to promote your music in 2023? If yes, do you have long-term plans and goals to do this for many more years to come? If the…

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Indonesia Government Passes Bill To Build New City

In an effort to relieve huge environmental challenges facing Jakarta and redistribute wealth, President Joko Widodo has recently announced the plan to move Indonesia’s capital – a plan that could…

Indonesia New US34billion capital Nusantara. Music Press Asia

A Friday Night with Sophie Gigg

For the first time, Music Press Asia is curating Friday evening listening lists for stay-at-homes as part of the November series programme. The Friday program is made especially for autumn…

A Friday night with Music Press Asia

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Playlist

Monday Best Music Selection For Work

Let’s cut to the chase. Monday is all about being direct and multi-tasking. If you have a whole week’s worth of work waiting, who wouldn’t want to be in a…

Music Press Asia Recommends Monday Music Playlist
Editor's Pick
Tea

How Tea Rhymes with Guzheng

Tea is where we’d like to begin. If tea isn’t a reason to bring people together, then what does? While our editorial editors may like a gau (thick) cup of…

How Tea Rhymes With GuZheng. Music Press Asia
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Food & playlist

A Malaysian’s Tuesday Playlist

Monica Tong, editor-in-chief at Music Press Asia shares her Tuesday listening rituals starting from an hour before dawn to midday and why Bossa Nova, and ultimately, birdsongs are her life-saving…

Business & Trade

Culture & Music To Play A Big Role On Belt And Road

While many more songwriters believe that there may be commercial sense to how things are being run in the digitalized world, the purpose of music making remains best performed in…

Music & Culture to play a big role on the Silk Road. Music Press Asia
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Business & Trade

Culture & Music To Play A Big Role On Belt And Road

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is the most ambitious infrastructure plan in world history. Connecting the Chinese city of Guangzhou to Venice by sea and Beijing to Brussels by…

Music & Culture to play a big role on the Silk Road. Music Press Asia
Environment

How Can Aviation Industry Meet its Net-Zero Goals?

The World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow coalition recognises the immediate efforts to achieve carbon-neutral flying is in deploying sustainable aviation fuel production and usage. This foundation report gives us an insight into the efforts to calculate, accurate as possible, a fact-based report on…

World Economic Forum's 2020 report Clean Skies for Tomorrow gives insight to how carbon neutrality for the aviation industry can be achieved. Music Press Asia
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