SANDAKAN, Malaysia has pledged to halt new oil palm plantations in forest areas to support sustainability and maintain its current forest cover of 54 per cent. Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said that palm fruits h...

Lee Jae-myung, former chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party, won his second term as party chief with a record-high vote share at a national convention on Sunday. Lee, a former DP leader, won 85.4 percent of the accumulated votes from regi...

KUCHING, Monday (Aug 19) is set to be a golden bonanza for 2024 Malaysia Games (SUKMA) athletes as a whopping 59 gold medals will be up for grabs, including for the coveted 100-metre blue riband event. The Sarawak Stadium is set to be the centre of ...

The South Korean baseball league set a new single-season attendance record on Sunday, surpassing a 7-year-old mark with more than a month left on the season. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced the attendance for the season reached 8,407...

MARANG, The National Registration Department (NRD) has approved a total of 23,528 personal identification applications through the Menyemai Kasih Rakyat (MEKAR) programme, from January to July this year, according to its director-general Badrul Hisha...

South Korea and the United States will begin a major combined military exercise this week to strengthen their joint defense readiness in the face of evolving North Korean military threats, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday. The annual Ulch...