Malaysia

  • Việt NamBệnh nhân 61 nhiễm Covid-19 tại Ninh Thuận làm chủ hôn 2 đám cưới và dự thánh lễ trong thời gian ủ bệnh

    Bệnh nhân 61 nhiễm Covid-19 tại Ninh Thuận làm chủ hôn 2 đám cưới và dự thánh lễ trong thời gian ủ bệnh

    Đến 10h sáng nay, ngành y tế Ninh Thuận vận động được 5 người tiếp xúc gần với bệnh nhân 61 về Bệnh viện đa khoa tỉnh Ninh Thuận để cách ly y tế. Hôm qua, bệnh nhân 61 nhận kết quả dương tính với virus corona tên B.T.Th. (42 tuổi, ngụ xã Phước Nam, huyện Thuận Nam), là ca…

  • Việt NamCovid-19 ngày 15/3: Số ca tử vong và nhiễm mới tăng chưa từng có

    Covid-19 ngày 15/3: Số ca tử vong và nhiễm mới tăng chưa từng có

    Pháp, Iran, Singapore, Malaysia, Tây Ban Nha và Italia có số ca tử vong, nhiễm mới virus corona trong ngày tăng cao đột biến. Pháp quay cuồng Cơ quan Y tế công cộng Pháp thông báo ghi nhận thêm 36 trường hợp tử vong vì Covid-19 hôm qua và cũng là mức tăng cao nhất từ khi dịch bùng phát…

  • Business NewsThailand CP Group’s take over bid for Tesco Asia

    Thailand CP Group’s take over bid for Tesco Asia

    The 332.6 billion baht deal between the UK’s Tesco-branded Asian interests and Thai conglomerate CP Group, is coming under scrutiny as there are fears it could lead to a mega-retail monopoly. In the deal, the Chareon Pokphand Group will acquire all of Tesco Asia. CPAll and CPF informed the Stock Exchange of Thailand of their surprise investment in Tesco Asia…

  • Việt NamKhách Nhật Bản quá cảnh Tân Sơn Nhất – TP. HCM nhiễm virus corona khiến ít nhất 70 người bị cách ly

    Khách Nhật Bản quá cảnh Tân Sơn Nhất – TP. HCM nhiễm virus corona khiến ít nhất 70 người bị cách ly

    Ít nhất 70 người được cách ly do một chuyến bay của Vietnam Airlines có một người Nhật dương tính với COVID-19. Bộ Y tế cho hay, vào hôm qua, chuyến bay VN814 của Vietnam Airlines từ Siem Reap (Campuchia) về TP. HCM với 67 hành khách và 6 nhân viên tổ bay có hành khách ngồi ở ghế 33D…

  • Việt NamTruy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia

    Truy tìm khẩn cấp hơn 1.000 hành khách trên du thuyền mới cập cảng ở Campuchia

    Một người trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Campuchia dương tính với virus corona, hơn 1.000 du khách khác đã đến nhiều nơi trên thế giới. Thủ tướng Campuchia Hun Sen đích thân ra đón du thuyền Mới đây, một nữ hành khách người Mỹ trên du thuyền MS Westerdam đã có kết quả dương tính với virus corona…

  • Việt NamDu khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm

    Du khách tàu Westerdam dương tính virus corona sau 2 lần xét nghiệm

    Du khách trên du thuyền MS Westerdam cập cảng Sihanoukville – Campuchia dương tính với virus corona sau hai lần xét nghiệm ở Malaysia. Theo Reuters, Malaysia vừa cho biết theo kết quả xét nghiệm hôm nay, một bà cụ 83 tuổi người Mỹ dương tính với virus corona và đây cũng là lần thứ 2 nhận kết quả tương…

  • Việt NamMáy bay Malindo Air nổ lốp ở sân bay Nội Bài

    Máy bay Malindo Air nổ lốp ở sân bay Nội Bài

    Hôm qua, do bị nổ lốp, một máy bay của hãng Malindo Air (Malaysia) phải hạ cánh khẩn cấp tại sân bay Nội Bài. Vào lúc 13h ngày 21/1, chuyến bay mang số hiệu OD572 của hãng hàng không Malindo Air (Malaysia) cất cánh tại sân bay Nội Bài. Sau khi máy bay cất cánh, bộ phận giám sát sân…

  • Việt NamTay vợt cầu lông số 1 thế giới gặp tai nạn cực kỳ nguy hiểm tại Malaysia

    Tay vợt cầu lông số 1 thế giới gặp tai nạn cực kỳ nguy hiểm tại Malaysia

    Theo New Straits Times (Malaysia), ngày 13/1 đã xảy ra một vụ tai nạn rất nghiêm trọng. Cụ thể, tại Km13.7 của Đường cao tốc Maju tại Serdang (Malaysia), tài xế có tên Nageswarau, 24 tuổi, đang chở Momota và các đồng nghiệp ra sân bay Quốc tế Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) thì gặp tai nạn do va chạm với một…

  • World NewsHong Kong property investors turn to SE Asia

    Hong Kong property investors turn to SE Asia

    “But now mainland Chinese, who traditionally viewed property in Hong Kong as a safe investment, are opting for rival financial hub Singapore and other south east Asian property hot spots.” by Sam Reeves, with Catherine Lai in Singapore From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong Kong investors are shifting cash into Southeast Asian property, demoralised by increasingly violent protests…

  • World NewsHong Kong leader should resign, says Malaysian PM

    Hong Kong leader should resign, says Malaysian PM

    PHOTO: AFP Mahathir Mohamad, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam should quit as pro-democracy protests continue to rock the city. Activists are becoming increasingly violent as they voice their anger at what they see as increased interference from Beijing. The protests have now been running for four months and show no signs of ending soon.…

  • World NewsSouthern Thailand smog well above safe levels

    Southern Thailand smog well above safe levels

    PHOTOS: Charoon Thongnual – The Nation Hat Yai, the main city in Songkhla, has been among the worst hit by the smog engulfing parts of southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The business district of Hat Yai has been hard hit with PM2.5 particles exceeding the safety standards of 50 (set by the World…

  • World NewsIndonesia’s President Jokowi says he is “embarrassed” by fires

    Indonesia’s President Jokowi says he is “embarrassed” by fires

    PHOTO: Singapore, days before the 2019 Grand Prix – DL Dozens of people have now been arrested over their alleged involvement in Indonesia’s massive forest fires. Thousands of hectares of rain forest and plantations have been burned, with the smoke and haze drifting in neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore and southern Thailand. Dedi Prasetyo, Indonesia’s National Police spokesman has confirmed 185 people…

  • Crime NewsThai police suspect southern insurgents in co-ordinated ATM explosions in Pattani

    Thai police suspect southern insurgents in co-ordinated ATM explosions in Pattani

    PHOTO: Charoon Thongnual Suspected insurgents have blown up three ATMs in two districts in the Southern Thai province of Pattani, near the Malaysian border. The assailants escaped with banknotes from one of the ATMs. At this stage local police and security officials suspect insurgents were responsible for the bombings, but are still considering if the incidents could have been related…

  • World NewsSouthern rebel remains unresponsive in hospital following alleged torture

    Southern rebel remains unresponsive in hospital following alleged torture

    Thai security officials have confirmed that four more people were killed in a late-night attack on July 24 by Muslim insurgents on a military outpost in the southern province of Pattani. Militants struck the remote base throwing grenades and laying down nearly an hour of automatic fire. The attack is considered “payback’ for the alleged torture of Abdulloh Esormusor. Human Rights…

  • World NewsHuman traffickers leave 6 Rohingya starving in abandoned building in Hat Yai

    Human traffickers leave 6 Rohingya starving in abandoned building in Hat Yai

    PHOTOS: Workpoint News Six Rohingya were left to die in an abandoned building located in Hat Yai, Songkhla. Members of the group eventaully left the building in search of food and officials are now searching for more hiding in the area. They had been waiting there for 5 days. Thai Police were notified by nearby villagers yesterday trying to assist…

  • World NewsBangkok hosts ASEAN Foreign Ministers meetings from today

    Bangkok hosts ASEAN Foreign Ministers meetings from today

    The 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting starts today. Representatives from more than 30 countries will attend the meetings. The regional talkfest is being held at Centara Grand and Bangkok Convention Centre. Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai will chair the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and co-chair the Post Ministerial Conferences with the Dialogue Partners and other meetings. Other meetings include the…

  • South Thailand News21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    21 undocumented Burmese migrants found in Songkhla, alleged Thai trafficker arrested

    FILE PHOTO: Malay Mail A Thai man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle 21 undocumented Burmese migrants from Thailand’s south across the border into Malaysia. A resort in Tambon Patong of Songkhla’s Hat Yai district was searched by soldiers and police earlier today (Monday) and discovered five Burmese men and two women in two of the rooms. Their account…

  • World NewsGrab adds another layer of riding security in Malaysia. Selfies.

    Grab adds another layer of riding security in Malaysia. Selfies.

    If you’ve used the e-hailing alternative ‘Grab’ you’ll know how easy it is to use as it continues to disrupt traditional taxi and tuk tuk services around the region. In Malaysia they’ve just added another level of security for users and it will be applicable for Thais or other foreigners using Grab when in Malaysia. In Malaysia it will now…

  • South Thailand News14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested

    14 smuggled Burmese migrants rescued and alleged trafficker arrested

    PHOTO: Bang Klam, Songkhla Immigration police in Songkhla have arrested an alleged Burmese human trafficker and rescued 14 smuggled Burmese from a rented house in Bang Klam district. Police arrested the alleged ring leader, 29 year old Aung Chanai, not far from the rented house on the Asia highway in Moo 4 village in Tambon Tha Chang where he allegedly…

  • South Thailand News15 car convoy arrested in Songkhla for petrol smuggling

    15 car convoy arrested in Songkhla for petrol smuggling

    Soldiers and customs officials have stopped and searched 15 vehicles heading north from Malaysia into Thailand smuggling petrol and diesel. Officials seized 5,100 litres of petrol and diesel allegedly being smuggled into Songkhla’s Sadao district this morning at the Tha Khoi-Padang Bezar border crossing from Malaysia. The drivers of the five cars and 10 pickup trucks were arrested on charges…

  • South Thailand NewsMuslim man shot and wounded on the Thai/Malaysia border

    Muslim man shot and wounded on the Thai/Malaysia border

    Police in Narathiwat are as yet to ascertain whether political or personal motives were behind a shooting in Sungai Kolok district this morning that left a Muslim man severely wounded. Sungai Kolok is on the Thai/Malaysian border. 29 year old Rusalan Do, a resident of Moo 1 in the Rangae district, was shot four times – in the torso, right thigh…

  • World News‘No homosexuals in Malaysia” – Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture minister

    ‘No homosexuals in Malaysia” – Malaysian Tourism, Arts and Culture minister

    Malaysian minister grilled in Germany over policy on gays, Jews ahead of travel fair Malaysia’s Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Mohamaddin Ketapi has caused ripples in Germany after making an ill-informed remark about homosexuality. “Homosexuality? I don’t think we have such a thing in our country.” “I cannot answer whether it’s safe or not,” he was quoted as saying by…

  • South Thailand News50+ motorbike taxi drivers blockade southern border

    50+ motorbike taxi drivers blockade southern border

    50 Thai motorcycle taxi drivers have set up a blockade at the Thai-Malaysian border checkpoint to protest what they allege are unworkable, stricter immigration checks now imposed by Malaysian immigration officials. The taxi drivers say they have been bringing Thai tourists across the border in Songkhla’s Sadao district to the duty-free shops in Malaysia’s Padang Besar for years. Yesterday morning’s…

  • World NewsDeputy PM says Malaysia can learn from Thailand on caring for neglected children

    Deputy PM says Malaysia can learn from Thailand on caring for neglected children

    PHOTO: Thai PBS Malaysia’s Deputy PM Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has been visiting Thailand and says that her government can learn something from the methods implemented in Thailand to tackle the issue of neglected children and babies and those without citizenships. Bernama news agency quotes Wan Azizah, who is also Women, Family and Community Development Minister, as saying…

  • World NewsMalaysia mulls curfew for Under 18 year olds

    Malaysia mulls curfew for Under 18 year olds

    PHOTO: Malaysian Deputy PM Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail – Proplegacy The Malaysian Government, in another backwards step as it caves in to conservative religious factions, is considering a new curfew on Under 18 year olds. Authorities are mulling the possibility of setting a curfew for young Malaysians to be out of the house without adult supervision. They claim it…

  • World NewsMalaysia choses new sultan, will be elected king January 24

    Malaysia choses new sultan, will be elected king January 24

    Malaysian officials announced that the country has a new sultan who is now expected to be elected king after the former monarch abdicated following his reported marriage to a Russian former beauty queen. Tengku Abdullah Shah replaces his father, Sultan Ahmad Shah as the ruler of Pahang state, the official Bernama news agency said, citing a senior palace official. Local…

  • World NewsMalaysian rulers to choose new monarch by the end of the month

    Malaysian rulers to choose new monarch by the end of the month

    PHOTO: The Straits Times Malaysia’s Conference of Rulers will meet in about two weeks’ time to elect the country’s new constitutional monarch, as well as a deputy after the ruling monarch, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped down on Sunday in an unprecedented move. The 16th King, or Supreme Ruler, and a deputy will be sworn in at the end of the…

  • World NewsMalaysians citizens being warned about travelling to Thailand’s south

    Malaysians citizens being warned about travelling to Thailand’s south

    The Malaysian Foreign Ministry is advising Malaysians residing in Thailand or travelling to the Kingdom to “remain vigilant and exercise caution at all times”, in the wake of bomb explosions and shooting incidents in the country’s southern provinces. Officials say bomb explosions and shootings had been reported in different parts of Narathiwat and Songkhla. No Malaysians were affected by the…

  • World News‘Remove dual-language road signs’ – Malaysian sultan

    ‘Remove dual-language road signs’ – Malaysian sultan

    by The Star – Asia News Network The Sultan of Selangor in Malaysia has decreed that all dual language road signage in Shah Alam (to the west of KL) must be removed and replaced with the national language (Malay) only. Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah’s private secretary Datuk Mohamad Munir Bani highlighted the matter in a letter dated Nov 19 to the…

  • World NewsMalaysian Cabinet agrees to abolish death penalty

    Malaysian Cabinet agrees to abolish death penalty

    PHOTO: Screenshot from “Apprentice” (2016) by Junfeng Boo Malaysia’s acting Law Minister Liew Vui Keong told the Malaysian Parliament yesterday that the Cabinet has agreed to scrap the death penalty, including for murder. But Deputy PM Wan Azizah Wan Ismail told reporters that the government would review abolishing it for murder, an opinion that was hers and not representative of…