ISKANDAR PUTERI, The crackdown against corruption remained the government’s priority to ensure the country achieve better efficiency and transparency as well as to ease doing business.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the stability provi…
KUALA LUMPUR, Istana Budaya has taken the initiative to use green technology to minimise the impact on nature and reduce environmental pollution in line with the global aspiration to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Its director-general, Zubai…
KUALA LUMPUR, The gold futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives stayed higher today amid a stronger US dollar and rising United States Treasury yields.
The September 2024 gold futures contract rose to US$2,671.50 per troy ounce, up from US$2,6…
Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Corp., South Korea’s leading automotive companies, said Thursday they have launched a joint project to develop cathode material technology for producing LFP (lithium iron phosphate) batteries for electric vehicles.
The join…
South Korea’s financial system remains relatively stable, but rising household debt and home prices may increase potential financial instability, a central bank report showed Thursday.
In its report on financial stability, the Bank of Korea (BOK) sa…
BANTING, The government is considering rehabilitating 420,000 hectares (ha) of abandoned rubber estates by converting them into commercial bamboo plantations, which offer higher commercial value in the global market.
Plantation and Commodities Minis…
Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency business based on iris biometrics and co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, was fined 1.1 billion won (US$827,689) on Thursday for illegally collecting the iris information of some 30,000 users in South Korea and transferri…
KUALA LUMPUR, The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852), which will come into effect next Tuesday, is expected to bring significant benefits to public health and environmental sustainability.
Deputy Health Minister Datuk L…
KLANG, The Selangor State Disaster Management Unit and local authorities have been instructed to make comprehensive preparations for the potential risk of severe flooding following the monsoon transition phase that began yesterday.
Menteri Besar Dat…
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia has climbed to 33rd place out of 133 countries in the 2024 Global Innovation Index (GII), scoring 40.5 overall, which marks a significant improvement after holding the 36th spot for three consecutive years.
In a statement today,