KUANTAN, The progress of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project which includes four states — Pahang, Kelantan, Terengganu and Selangor — has reached 70.13 per cent completion as of last month, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

He said the cons…

South Korea’s foreign ministry expressed “deep regret” Thursday that Japanese political leaders, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, sent offerings or paid visits to a war shrine, a symbol of Japan’s militaristic past.

The statement came after vi…

JOHOR BAHRU, A bus driver was killed while 12 others were injured in an accident involving three vehicles at Kilometre 49.4 of the North-South Expressway (southbound) here this morning.

Kulai district police chief Supt Tan Seng Lee said the accident …

South Korea and the United States ended another round of negotiations this week on determining Seoul’s share of the cost for stationing the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), a foreign ministry official said Thursday.

The sixth round of the talks on the Speci…

KUALA SELANGOR, The remains of singer and influencer Muhammad Nidza Afham Mokhtar were laid to rest at the Puncak Alam Islamic Cemetery at 6.45 pm today.

Earlier, his body was brought to Masjid Puncak Alam for funeral prayers before being transported…

Independence fighter groups and opposition party lawmakers boycotted the government’s Liberation Day ceremony Thursday to separately commemorate the anniversary in protest of the appointment of a new national independence museum chief.

The Heritage o…