Explore Johor Bahru through its most iconic buildings and hidden architectural gems, from glittering temples to colonial ...

seat of the ancient Johor-Riau empire, remains fiercely proud of its sweeping history and still powerful sultan: a Magic Kingdom, for real. I might never have discovered the place or its royal ...

Johor Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar ... according to an estimate by Bloomberg, and the sultan’s empire reaches far beyond that. But Sultan Ibrahim and his family own much more than that.

This was to commemorate the relocation of the administrative capital of the Johor empire in 1866 from Teluk Belanga in Singapore to Tanjung Puteri, now known as Johor Baru. “The style sets us ...