President Yoon Suk Yeol and Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra held their first summit in Laos on Thursday and agreed to make efforts to promptly conclude negotiations for a bilateral trade deal, Yoon’s office said.

Yoon met Paetongtarn, who …

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia stayed higher at midafternoon with bargain hunting in select heavyweight stocks and mild selling in lower liners and smaller caps.

At 3.01 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) expanded 9.72 points to 1,644.63 again…

Hwang Dae-il, the new president and CEO of Yonhap News Agency, vowed Thursday to usher in a “renaissance” for South Korea’s leading newswire by pursuing his “A1+F4” strategy based on artificial intelligence (AI), and fast and fair reporting.

Hwang, 5…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have successfully concluded the negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), set to eliminate or reduce tariffs, lower trade barriers, foster private-sector collabora…

President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba held their first meeting in Laos on Thursday and agreed to build on the positive momentum from improved relations between the two countries through close communication.

Yoon and Is…

SEREMBAN, A public servant pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to physically sexually assaulting his 16-year-old adopted daughter last year.

The 51-year-old man was charged with committing the offence on the girl at a house in Jelebu …