3.5 magnitude quake hits South Korea city

SEOUL/Miryang, South Korea, Dec 30 (NNN-YONHAP) — A 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit the country’s southeastern region early Monday in the seventh-strongest quake to occur on the Korean Peninsula this year, the weather agency said The quake occurred shortly after midnight at 00:32 a.m. at some 15 kilometers northeast of Miryang…

KDN to set up consultative council to strengthen security enforcement

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) will set up a Security and Public Order Consultative Council (MPMKKA) which will play a role of advising the ministry on policy planning and matters regarding security enforcement. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the input from experts and…

Supply of Indian onions to be restored by February – FAMA

BUKIT MERTAJAM: LKIM Chairman Muhammad Faiz Fadzil (second from right) with FAMA Chairman Ishak Ismail “marketing” onions under the Program Bazaar Peduli Rakyat or People’s Care Market Programme at Kampung Pelet here. Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. BUKIT MERTAJAM, Dec 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) expects the…

Wan Azizah saddened by deaths, destruction brought on by typhoon to Philippines

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has expressed sadness over the trail of death and destruction after a powerful typhoon struck the Philippines over the Christmas period. She said the people of Malaysia stand with the people of the Philippines during this difficult…

Death toll in Kazakhstan plane crash rises to 14

Photo courtesy of Anadolu Agency. ALMATY, Dec 27 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) –The number of people who died as a result of the Bek Air airline crash on Friday near the Kazakh city of Almaty has risen to 14, with 35 more people having been injured in the incident, Sputnik news agency reported the city’s administration…

Visit Malaysia 2020 aims for 30 million tourists from Asia, Europe, Middle East

By Nor Hayati Endan KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Visit Malaysia 2020 which will be launched in a few days, continues to be actively promoted, with the aim of receiving 30 million foreign tourists and contributing to the tourism industry with earnings of RM100 billion. Tourists from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei and…

Malaysia to set up sole border agency – Muhyiddin

By Muhammad Afiq Mohd Asri PUTRAJAYA, Dec 26  (NNN-BERNAMA) — A border agency will be created to oversee, as well as strengthen and raise the standards of operation and security along national borders. Home Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the government has accepted the proposal to set up a sole body responsible for…

Anti-dumping duties imposed on cold rolled coils from 4 countries

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Imported cold rolled coils of iron or non-alloy steel with a width of more than 1300mm from China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam will now be subjected to anti-dumping duties following the conclusion of an investigation by the government on claims by local industry that…

Malaysia-Bahrain relations set to soar with start of Gulf Air flights

By Sankara Subramaniam KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 26 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The bilateral relationship between Malaysia and Bahrain is set to soar higher with the inaugural flight of Gulf Air to Kuala Lumpur by July next year, says Charge d’ Affaires of the Bahrain embassy to Malaysia, Maram Anwar Jaafar Al-Saleh. The envoy…

Tsunami 2004 will never be forgotten – father of ‘miracle baby’ Thulaasi

By Balkish Awang GEORGE TOWN,  Dec 26  (NNN-BERNAMA) — Today’s date will always be remembered not only by the people in Malaysia, but also by those in countries that were hit by the 2004 tsunami such as Indonesia, Thailand and India, which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. In Penang,…