<![CDATA[Malay culture in the Riau Islands, is vulnerable to displacement due to the high heterogeneity of society, while digital media specifically collecting Malay cultural news is still very limited. This study aims to design a Digitization and Aggregation Application for Malay Cultural News in the Riau Islands as an integrated information platform for the community. The research is software engineering in nature so it does not use statistical hypotheses, but instead applies the Waterfall model that includes Requirements Analysis, System Design, Implementation, Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance, supported by modeling theories of Data Flow Diagrams and Entity Relationship Diagrams. The research input is in the form of secondary data from literature studies and web scraping from several news portals, including articles, categories, events, media, and user data. The system is implemented using Laravel 11, PHP 8, MySQL, and Bootstrap 5, then tested using Black Box Testing on ten main feature scenarios and all tests are declared successful. The results of the study show that the application is able to display and aggregate Malay cultural news automatically from various sources into one platform. Further development is recommended at the operational deployment stage, adding news portal sources, and conducting non-functional and usability testing. These results are important as a reference for an automated aggregation-based local cultural digitization model that supports the preservation of Malay identity amidst urban social dynamics.]]>
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