KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Tan Sri Johari Abdul, has communicated Malaysia’s request to the Egyptian government, urging them to consider opening their borders to facilitate the delivery of food and medical assistance to the Palestinian people…

South Korean stocks started sharply lower Thursday as higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data poured cold water on investors’ hopes for early rate cuts.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index plunged 39.34 points, or 1.45 percent, to 2,665….

KUALA LUMPUR: Katiravan Subarayan, a 63-year-old retired Malaysian who is on an extraordinary global motorcycle journey advocating environmental awareness and national pride, continues to make impressive progress.

Bernama last caught up with him in F…

South Korea’s national debt reached a fresh high last year, and the debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) surpassed 50 percent for the first time ever, the finance ministry said Thursday.

The sovereign debt, which covers bond sales and financial borro…

KUALA LUMPUR: A moderate earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was detected in Mindanao, Philippines at 11.34 this morning.

The Meteorological Department, in a Facebook post, said that the epicentre of the quake was located at 7.5 degrees nor…

South Korea’s exports rose 21.6 percent on-year in the first 10 days of April on robust global demand for semiconductors, data showed Thursday.

Outbound shipments reached US$16.44 billion in the April 1-10 period, compared with $13.52 billion tallied…