PUTRAJAYA, The Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) through the Immigration Department (JIM) will increase the number of new automatic gate systems (autogates) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA Terminals 1 and 2) and Penang to overcome congestion…

Seoul shares fell more than 1 percent Monday, hit by declines in semiconductor stocks. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) tumbled 31.95 points, or 1.14 percent, to close at 2,763….

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia closed the morning session lower due to profit-taking activities across most key index-related counters, following a higher close on Friday.

At 12.30 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) declined 17.24 points to 1…

Actor Jung Woo-sung has stepped down from his position as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) after nine years, his agency said Monday.

Jung resigned from the position on July 3, according to Artist Company.

He did n…

KUALA LUMPUR, The Dewan Negara today observed a minute of silence to honour and commemorate former Dewan Negara Speaker, the late Datuk Mutang Tagal who passed away at the National Heart Institute (IJN) on May 10.

The new Speaker of the Senate, Datu…

Industry Minister Ahn Duk-geun on Monday expressed gratitude to Ivan Jancarek, the Czech ambassador to Seoul, for Prague’s selection of the South Korean consortium as the preferred bidder for the European nation’s nuclear plant project.

Ahn made the…