KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 19 – The North Korean Embassy counsellor in Malaysia, Kim Yu-song, expressed his anger and asked the media not to take pictures of him putting bins in front of the embassy this evening. Yu-song, who speaks Malay fluently, said the media should ask permission in advance if they wanted
YANGON, Mar 19 – Thousands of people protested in eastern Myanmar on Sunday against plans to name a bridge after Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, the latest flashpoint between her administration and the country’s restless ethnic minorities. The issue highlights some of the deep distrust among Myanmar’s patchwork of minorities towards the
TOKYO, Mar 17 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its participation in CeBIT 2017 at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Hannover, Germany from March 20 – 24, 2017. Digital transformation continues to reshape the world around us, and provide unlimited opportunities for innovators. As a major innovator in the digital economy,
TOKYO, Mar 17 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that NEC Deutschland GmbH has delivered a supercomputer utilizing NEC’s scale-out LX series compute servers featuring the new Intel Xeon E5-2600 v4 product family, to RWTH Aachen University, one of 11 “Universities of Excellence” in Germany, offering high performance computing
TOKYO, Mar 17 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it has joined the FIWARE Foundation e.V., a non-profit organization promoting the dissemination of FIWARE technology(1), as a platinum member. NEC is the first and only Japanese company to join the Foundation. NEC will join the board of directors
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 17 – Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has been sued for defamation by Guang Ming Daily journalist Ong Beng Siang, 40, over a Facebook post criticising the latter. Ong filed lawsuit at the Penang High Court this morning to demand for damages as well as an injunction to stop the
TOKYO, Mar 17 – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) today announced the joint development of a resource sharing technology to flexibly share production facilities among enterprises with secure transfer of important information such as production quantity and machining process, with the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Fraunhofer IPA) in Germany and
JAKARTA, Mar 17 – Wintermar Offshore Marine (WINS.JK) has announced FY2016 financial results. Operating profit rose 68% YOY to US$4.9M, EBITDA rose 8% YOY to US$33M, and net gearing fell to 50% as at end 2016. In what was an extremely challenging year, management took certain actions to preserve cash flow
BUKIT MERTAJAM, Mar 17 – The teen driver, Cindy Ng Pei Ven, 19, of Butterworth, who crashed into nine cars while driving against traffic on the North-South Expressway (PLUS) on Tuesday has been charged with drugs-taking at the court the Magistrate’s Court here today. Ng was charged under Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous
IPOH, March 17 – Police have not received application from any quarters to hold a debate between former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Minister of Tourism and Culture, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz planned to be held next week. Acting Perak police chief Datuk Hasnan Hassan said so
TOKYO, Mar 17 – The Toyama Prefectural Tourism Association, Toyama Prefectural University, and Fujitsu Limited today announced the joint development of the smartphone application “Discover TOYAMA” for tourists visiting Toyama prefecture, which is available from the Toyama Prefectural Tourism Association beginning today. With this application, the Toyama Prefectural Tourism Association
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 27 – Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) learnt to their horror, as reported in a Bahasa Malaysia daily, the irreversible damage to our environment with the invasion of an alien fish species, in this particular case – the African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) into our rivers and ecosystem, said S.M. Mohamed
LONDON, Mar 17 – The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced Burger King as the Creative Marketer of the Year 2017. The award will honour Burger King for embracing and encouraging creativity across their brand communications and for the inspiring global marketing of their products. Burger King has a
SINGAPORE, Mar 16 – The Malaysia passport has been ranked second in Southeast Asia after Singapore in terms of travel freedom, according to Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index 2017. At the moment, those holding a Malaysian passport can travel to 164 countries without a visa. Singaporeans can travel to 173 countries
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 16 – The introduction of a weekly ceiling price for petrol and diesel will give consumers a better grasp of the retail trend compared with the monthly practice at present. Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani said the introduction of the weekly ceiling price mechanism can also
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 16 – Malaysia has confirmed the identity of Kim Jong Nam’s body based on a DNA sample taken from one of his children, the deputy prime minister said on Wednesday. Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was killed on Feb. 13,
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 16 – The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has issued a red notice, the closest to an international arrest warrant, for four North Koreans wanted in connection with the murder of Kim Jong Nam, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said today. The estranged half-brother of
HONG KONG, Mar 15 – With the rapid advances in technology, people can tune into their favourite OTT platforms on different kinds of electronic devices anytime and anywhere. OTT refers to over-the-top distribution of multimedia content via the Internet. For online entertainment companies, the challenge is how to revise their
AMSTERDAM, Mar 15 – The immigration service at the KL International Airport (KLIA) has been adjudged the best airport immigration service in the world. The Skytrax World Airport Awards awarded the honour to KLIA at the Amsterdam Passenger Terminal Expo in the Netherlands on Tuesday. Malaysian Director-General of Immigration Datuk Seri Mustafar
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 15 – A suit filed by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng against Utusan Melayu (M) Berhad for defamation over an article on Aug 20 last year was settled out of court today. Lim and the publisher had entered into a consent judgment with three conditions at the Penang High
