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Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir in hospital
Published on 03/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to a specialist heart hospital for “observation”, a source told AFP on Thursday.
UK band The 1975 nix Indonesia gig after Malaysia LGBTQ uproar
Published on 23/07/2023
» British indie-rock band The 1975 cancelled a concert in Indonesia Sunday, after Malaysia axed a festival over a same-sex kiss and tirade against the country's anti-LGBTQ laws by their frontman.
Rock band's set stopped in Malaysia after onstage kiss
Reuters, Published on 22/07/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: The British pop rock band The 1975 had its set at a Malaysian music festival cut short on Friday night after frontman Matty Healy kissed a male bandmate onstage and criticised the country's anti-LGBTQIA2S+ laws.
DMZ tours still on after US soldier’s breach
Published on 19/07/2023
» PAJU, South Korea: Only hours after a US soldier fled into North Korea while taking part in an organised tour on the heavily fortified border, groups of tourists coming from the South Korean side were still visiting the area on Wednesday.
Malaysia charges opposition leader with sedition over royalty remarks
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Tuesday charged opposition leader Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor with sedition for allegedly insulting the country's revered sultans, according to state media.
Swatch sues Malaysia over seized Pride watches, says local media
Published on 17/07/2023
» Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group has filed a suit against the Malaysian government and home ministry officials challenging the seizure of Pride-themed rainbow watches, local media reported.
Rare Singapore graft probe widens
Published on 14/07/2023
» SINGAPORE: Singapore’s powerful anti-graft body issued an arrest notice for one of the city-state’s richest people, his company said on Friday, widening an investigation into rare high-level corruption.
More than 2,700 detained in Philippine trafficking crackdown
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» MANILA: Philippine authorities have detained more than 2,700 people during raids on several buildings in Manila where hundreds of trafficking victims were paid to recruit players for online games, police said on Tuesday.
When is an eSport not an eSport? Olympic event puzzles gamers
AFP, Published on 20/06/2023
» SINGAPORE - ESports has long been derided as "not a real sport". But now, an Olympic-organised event is being dismissed by competitive gamers as not real eSports.
A third of domestic workers in Malaysia in forced labour conditions
Reuters, Published on 15/06/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly a third of migrant workers employed in domestic households in Malaysia are working under forced labour conditions, according to a survey released by the United Nations' (UN) labour agency on Thursday.