PETALING JAYA: American conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly has once again taken a jab at Malaysia, this time by comparing household per capita income between the country and the United States. Sinar Harian reported that O’Reilly claimed that Malaysia’s household per capita income stands at US$5,731 (RM25,061) per year, while the United States records US$42,220 (RM184,628). ALSO READ: Backlash...
U.S. trade officials finalized steep tariff levels on most solar cells from Southeast Asia, a key step toward wrapping up a year-old trade case in which American manufacturers accused Chinese companies of flooding the market with unfairly cheap goods. The case was brought last year by Korea's Hanwha Qcells , Arizona-based First Solar Inc and several...
JOHOR BARU: The framework for the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) is currently in the final phase of discussions and is expected to be finalised in September, says Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi. The Johor Mentri Besar expressed his gratitude to all the ministries and agencies involved in developing the JS-SEZ. "Armed with confidence in Johor's strong geographical...
What comes into your mind when you think of Southeast Asia? Sunshine? Beaches? And rainforest? But did you know that there are 3 among the 11 Southeast Asian countries that actually receive regular snowfall? Let’s find out. ~Kachin State, Myanmar~ Myanmar has always been associated with the word ‘HOT’. But in fact, it snows too in northern...
