Ships can be seen gliding on the water from an airplane window flying over the Strait of Malacca on January 21, 2013. (leogaggl/Flickr)Want to see your images in our Photo of the Day posts? Use Flickr ...

Nestled along the shimmering waters of the Malacca Strait, Penang has long been a beacon of sustainability in Malaysia. As ...

The Strait of Malacca - a narrow waterway between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra - handles about 30% of global trade. However its heavy traffic and susceptibility to ...

The Strait of Malacca is 80 km long, 65-to-150 km wide and 2.8 km at its narrowest point. From Malacca town, I could see the other side. Around 250 ships use it daily; it is congested with cargo ...

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the Flotilla took part in the Battle of the Malacca Strait in which the Haguro, the flagship of the Japanese Indian Ocean Fleet, was sunk. At that point the end of the war was still three months away.