Industrial disasters affecting immigrant workers are on the rise, driven by incidents at small manufacturing and construction worksites, with up to 10,000 cases expected this year, a labor ministry report showed Friday.
A total of 6,715 applications…
The Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) cable bridge at the Project 275kV, Bayan Lepas collapsed as the structure was unable to support the weight of the 275kV cables.
Penang Infrastructure, Transport and Digital Committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said …
South Korea’s business sentiment dipped for the third consecutive month in August amid dim prospects for the U.S. economy and other major economies, a central bank poll showed Friday.
Local companies’ business sentiment index (BSI) stood at 91.2 thi…
Sales of derivatives-linked securities in South Korea dropped sharply in the first half of the year, data showed Friday, following massive losses from derivative products tracking Chinese stocks.
The combined value of equity-linked securities (ELS) …
As with other countries, major US-based tech giants such as Google, Apple and Meta have set up local subsidiaries in South Korea, a nation known for a large pool of active users and well-established online infrastructure.
But some critics
The Democratic Party (DP) has gone too far in playing the party-pooper in Korea’s celebration of landing a preliminary landmark deal to build nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic. The majority party vowed to examine the economic value of
Criticism is mounting against global tech giants like Google and Apple for paying disproportionately low taxes despite their substantial earnings in Korea. In its 2023 financial report, Google Korea reported sales of 365.3 billion won (US$274 million…
South Korea urged Israel and Lebanon on Friday to accept the ceasefire proposal made by the United States and France to stop the escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
“We welcome and fully support the statements made by
Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court here today that he was not responsible for the micro-management of SRC International Sdn Bhd’s funds, as the responsibilities lay with the company’s board of directors (BOD)
The country is now facing a serious challenge posed by frequent floods in areas that have previously been unaffected, said National Security Council (MKN) director-general Datuk Raja Nurshirwan Zainal Abidin.
He said that the rate and intensity of f…