PUTRAJAYA, A former burger seller escaped the gallows when the Court of Appeal here today commuted the death penalty to 30 years in prison for the murder of an unlicensed money lender over debt dispute. The three-judge panel led by Justice Datuk Ahm...

The second season of Netflix's Korean original series "Gyeongseong Creature" is set to premiere on Sept. 27, the global streaming service said Wednesday. "Gyeongseong Creature 2" shifts the setting to present-day Seoul, following Ho-jae, a character...

KOTA KINABALU, The Sabah government, through the Environment Protection Department, will take over the scheduled waste management from the federal Department of Environment (DOE), from January 2026. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Da...

This year's summer wave of COVID-19 is estimated to have passed its peak, with the weekly number of the virus' inpatients dropping 20 percent last week, health authorities said Wednesday. The number of COVID-19 patients at 220 hospitals last week re...

KUALA LUMPUR, A former lawyer was sentenced to two years in prison and fined RM15,000 by the Sessions Court here today after she was found guilty of five counts of breach of trust involving RM24,600 belonging to a client between 2010 and 2011. Judge...

South Korean shares closed almost flat Wednesday ahead of U.S. tech giant Nvidia's closely watched earnings announcement. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 0.58 points, or 0.02 pe...