Baling is one of the major towns in the state of Kedah, Malaysia, in the north of Peninsular Malaysia. It is an hour's drive away from Betong , the southernmost town in Thailand.

Baling is well-known for its beautiful waterfalls (Lata Bayu and Bukit Hijau ) and for its fruits (durian and langsat ).

Baling was also the site where the leaders of MRLA , the newly formed Malayan Government, and the British met to try to end the emergency in the country. Tunku Abdul Rahman, a leader of the Malayan Goverment. implored the Communists to give up their arms peacefully with promise that no action would be taken against them. However, Chin Peng insisted that the Goverment and the British endorse the MRLA as a legal Communist Party so that it could run in the forthcoming elections. This was denied, however, and thus no agreement was reached.