IPOH: The kacang putih industry at Kampung Kacang Puteh in Buntong here has been thriving after the reopening of all economic sectors about two years ago following the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thio had come all the way from her home in Boon Lay to buy a few $1.20 packets of kacang puteh (white beans in Malay), which came wrapped in the ubiquitous thin paper cones. She told Yahoo News ...