South Korea will launch a new ministry of population strategy to address low birth rates and a rapidly aging population, which have emerged as some of the starkest challenges facing the country, officials said Monday.

The government unveiled the pla…

NEW YORK, July 1 (Bernama-WAFA) — The United Nations Security Council will convene a special session tomorrow, Tuesday, to address the ongoing humanitarian situation in Gaza, with a focus on reconstruction efforts in the region.

Members of the Secu…

The government plans to announce measures to strengthen industrial safety for foreign workers later this month following last week’s deadly fire at a battery plant that claimed 23 lives, including 18 foreigners, the labor minister said Monday.

Seven…

PENAMPANG, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor has instructed all local authorities throughout the state to be on high alert in view of the rainy season.

“Make sure all the drains are cleared up. Do not wait until it rains before taking acti…

South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said Monday it has won a 1.4 trillion-won (US$1 billion) order to build four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers for a Middle Eastern shipper.

The vessels will be delivered to the undisclosed sh…

KOTA BHARU, A total of 15 new investigation papers under the Control of Supplies Act 1961 have been opened against several petrol stations within a 50-kilometre radius of the Malaysia-Thailand border in Kelantan.

Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost …