Star50 Stories

Discover the latest happenings from our year of celebration - from new giveaways, activities, announcements, commemorative content, and so much more. Follow our journey here for exciting developments as we approach our anniversary date in September.

Flashback #Star50: Athletes add to nation’s pride 25/09/2021

THE 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games was a roaring success on and off the battleground.

Flashback #Star50: Margaret sweeps in 21/09/2021

A grocer’s daughter swept to victory in 1979, becoming Britain’s first woman prime minister and eventually a huge political force during her 11-year rule.

Flashback #Star50: KLPac, an arts hub for all 18/09/2021

Sixteen years ago, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre was born and how it has changed the landscape of Malaysian theatre.

Flashback #Star50: New efforts to give new life 16/09/2021

It was an exclusive story published on Nov 7, 2019 about the long list of people waiting for donor organs and how the government was revamping the way organ and tissue procurement services were being run.

Flashback #Star50: When the taps went dry 11/09/2021

IT was a story about the rain gods, or rather their absence, in Melaka.

Flashback #Star50: We have lift-off! 10/09/2021

The Star captured the euphoria of the nation when Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor made history by becoming the first Malaysian in space on Oct 10, 2007.

Flashback #Star50: Driving our nation’s pride forward 06/09/2021

EACH time he goes to the petrol station, writer Zulkifli Abd Rahman will notice that people stealing glances at his car.

Flashback #Star50: Fleeing all the way to Amman 04/09/2021

IT was a group that had made headlines in the 1990s but for all the wrong reasons.

Flashback #Star50: Happy 50 31/08/2021

As Malaysia marks its 64th National Day today, The Star looks back at the front cover when the country toasted to its 50th celebrations.

Flashback #Star50: The day they conquered Everest 28/08/2021

THEY brought pride and joy to Malaysia when they planted, literally, the country’s symbol on the world’s highest mountain.

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