KOTA KINABALU: Negotiating skills can make or break a sale, more so if you can speak the language. In Sabah’s seafood and dive haven of Semporna, local traders have learned basic Mandarin with some even conversing in Korean as tourism activities pick up and visitor arrivals from China and South Korea increase. From learning basic numbers for...
SEOUL: South Korea's prosecution is facing a dilemma over the high-profile luxury Dior bag case involving first lady Kim Keon Hee, as the investigation review committee for the nation's top prosecution body gave the upper hand to the pastor who wishes to be indicted in the graft case in hopes of bringing the first lady...
Imagine being super hyped to go on vacation, only to be denied entry upon reaching your destination. That’s what happened to a Thai woman, who landed in South Korea on September 3. She took to the Facebook group ‘Travelling to Korea by Yourself’ to recount the unpleasant experience. Upon arriving in South Korea, the woman was allegedly posed a number of...
JINJU (SOUTH KOREA): Construction of the 18 FA-50M light fighter jets ordered by Malaysia has reached 39% and the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is expected to receive the first batch of these jets in 2026, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin. He said all of these light fighter jets are being built according...
South Korean pop idols are often objects of fantasy, prompting malicious internet users to feature their likenesses in deepfake pornographic photos and videos. This phenomenon is becoming so widespread in South Korea that a major K-pop label has declared its intention to take legal action. JYP Entertainment, the entertainment company representing girl band TWICE, announced on August...
SEOUL: A man in his 20s died on Aug 13 from what is thought to be an acute reaction from extreme heat exposure, raising the nationwide death toll due to heat-related illnesses to 22 as of Aug 15. Of the 2,570 who have been diagnosed with heat-related illnesses, 22 people have died since May 20 until...
Whenever the Olympics come around, we’re wowed by the sporting prowess displayed by the world’s top athletes. Of all the competitors across 32 sports participating in this year’s Paris Olympics, a number have stood out for the most unexpected of reasons. South Korean air-pistol shooter, Kim Yeji, is one of them. The 31-year-old won silver in the women’s 10-metre air pistol event...
KUALA LUMPUR: Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERL) and AREX Airport Railroad Co. Ltd. (AREX) have signed a partnership agreement to provide seamless travel for passengers between Kuala Lumpur and Incheon, South Korea. The partnership was signed by ERL CEO Noormah Mohd Noor and AREX's CEO Kim Jongdae and witnessed by the Ambassador of South Korea...
South Korean authorities have arrested Kakao Corp founder Brian Kim over allegations of market manipulation, making the Internet entrepreneur the most prominent business figure in the country in years to wind up in jail. The Seoul Southern District Court made the decision to take the 58-year-old into custody, citing “concerns of evidence destruction and flight”. The...
SEOUL: One of the three suspects behind the May murder of a South Korean tourist in Pattaya, Thailand has been extradited here Wednesday (July 10), 58 days after he was apprehended in Cambodia. Korea's National Police Agency said the 27-year-old suspect arrived via Incheon International Airport this morning. He was nabbed by police in Phnom Penh, Cambodia...
