PUTRAJAYA, The Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (JAKIM) has been instructed to prepare a report regarding a video of a preacher and a group of students chanting Arabic verses that went viral on social media recently.
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In yet another perplexing development, Education Minister Lee Ju-ho on Tuesday made a controversial remark during the National Assembly’s regular audit of the government. When asked about the ministry’s position on the proposed five-year education pro…
KT Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, will jointly open an innovation center for research of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing technologies with Microsoft Corp. next year, the Korean company said Thursday.
The establishment of…
KUALA LUMPUR, The Prisons Department has confirmed that a male inmate’s death at the Pokok Sena Prison, Kedah, last Monday was due to bacterial infection in the blood.
The department explained that the inmate complained of feeling unwell last Friday
KUALA LUMPUR, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak told the High Court here today that he did not inquire about the investigation into the RM3.6 billion funds by SRC International Sdn Bhd that was frozen by Swiss authorities in 2013 due
Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it has opened an exhibition in Seoul celebrating the company’s driving forces behind its recent milestone of 100 million vehicle units in cumulative global production.
The free exhibition at Hyundai Motorstudio Seoul, …
A North Korean teenage defector on Thursday shared her horrific story of life in the reclusive regime during a forum hosted by South Korea’s unification ministry.
“I wear makeup and go out here in South Korea, but my friends in
Author Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, becoming the first South Korean to get the honor.
The Swedish Academy announced Han as this year’s laureate, recognizing the 53-year-old “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historic…
South Korea’s two major online bookstores said Thursday their sites briefly crashed due to high traffic soon after homegrown author Han Kang was announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in literature.
“We fielded complaints that people weren’t able…
Han Kang’s historic win of the Nobel Prize in literature marks a major breakthrough for Korean literature, which has been gaining international recognition in recent years.
Even before the Nobel triumph, numerous Korean authors had garnered acclaim o…