{"id":295380,"date":"2026-09-28T05:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295380\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T05:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T05:44:09","slug":"malaysians-efforts-to-elevate-durian-industry-in-photos-associated-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/295380\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians&#8217; efforts to elevate durian industry, in photos | Associated Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) \u2014 Malaysia is pushing to take <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/malaysia-durian-competition-china-competition-ab9bfbb158c0bc0c1621ffbbb2466838\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">durian<\/a>, whose powerful smell delights its lovers and repels its haters, beyond roadside stalls and family orchards and convince fans of the spiky fruit that its varieties are worth seeking out.<\/p>\n<p>At the Kuala Lumpur Durian Experience Centre near the landmark Petronas Twin Towers, visitors venture into a replica durian orchard to discover the fruit\u2019s culture and history. In another room, a theater show draws laughter. Downstairs, visitors enjoy durian platters and egg tarts crafted from the pungent fruit.<\/p>\n<p>This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) \u2014 Malaysia is pushing to take durian, whose powerful smell delights its lovers and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,60,122193,9274,38,837,122192,301],"class_list":["post-295380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-business","tag-food-and-beverage-manufacturing","tag-food-and-drink","tag-general-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-malaysia-durian-photos","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}