# New Straits Times

> New Straits Times is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Malaysia. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Lean right**.

- **Domain:** nst.com.my
- **Website:** https://www.nst.com.my
- **Country:** Malaysia
- **Region:** Asia
- **Language:** English
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Lean right
- **Founded:** 1845

## About

In the New Straits Times newsroom the house voice is nation-building, a phrase the paper uses about itself. Malaysia's oldest paper reports the unity government as its own project, running analyst copy on the opposition's collapse and reproducing enforcement warnings on race, religion and royalty without challenge; ownership scrutiny followed its largest shareholder becoming a serving minister. It also printed the country's fall in the press freedom index, on its own front page.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Published by The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad, a subsidiary of the listed Media Prima Berhad. Since March 2026 the largest shareholder bloc has been 32.96 percent held by a serving federal minister who is also vice-president of a governing coalition party and his son, just below the mandatory-offer threshold; a business group holds 31.90 percent. The party's own corporate stake was sold in 2019, so the political tie is now personal rather than institutional.
- **Funding:** Advertising, circulation and a digital paywall priced from about 5.40 ringgit a week to 172 ringgit a year, with cross-subsidy from the parent group's television, radio, content and outdoor businesses.
- **Focus areas:** Malaysian national politics and government, policy and administration, business and markets, race, religion and royal institution coverage, sport and lifestyle, regional Southeast Asian affairs


## What the position means

TOLD classifies what an outlet publishes over time, based on ownership, funding
and focus. It describes a pattern; it is not a rating of quality and not a
ranking. Nothing in TOLD sorts, hides or promotes a source by its position.
State-aligned and partisan outlets are in the catalogue on purpose, labelled.

## Latest headlines

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- [Indonesia raises 2027 subsidised fuel allocation, keeps LPG unchanged](https://www.nst.com.my/world/region/2026/08/1522981/indonesia-raises-2027-subsidised-fuel-allocation-keeps-lpg-unchanged) — 2026-08-31T13:23:10.000Z
- [No automatic invitations to ex-PMs for National Day celebrations since 2018, says secretariat](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522979/no-automatic-invitations-ex-pms-national-day-celebrations-2018-says) — 2026-08-31T13:08:06.000Z
- [News@9: Today's top headlines - August 31, 2026 [WATCH]](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522977/news9-todays-top-headlines-august-31-2026-watch) — 2026-08-31T13:01:30.000Z
- [Anwar's 6 initiatives proof government listens to people, says Nga](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522971/anwars-6-initiatives-proof-government-listens-people-says-nga) — 2026-08-31T12:47:07.000Z
- [Today's news in pictures - Monday, Aug 31, 2026](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522957/todays-news-pictures-monday-aug-31-2026) — 2026-08-31T12:37:28.000Z
- [18-year-old college student dies after falling from 22nd-floor condominium](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522939/18-year-old-college-student-dies-after-falling-22nd-floor-condominium) — 2026-08-31T12:28:11.000Z
- [For young PJ councillor, nation-building starts in his own 'kampung'](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522933/young-pj-councillor-nation-building-starts-his-own-kampung) — 2026-08-31T12:17:02.000Z
- [Printed books remain a favourite despite rise of digital reading](https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2026/08/1522929/printed-books-remain-favourite-despite-rise-digital-reading) — 2026-08-31T12:11:39.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-07-28. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 12 (6 themes).

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