TAPAH (Perak, Malaysia), June 12 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s Ministry of Human Resources will introduce a new system – an identity card by sector – to address the problem of foreign workers in the country who are reported to have switched to other sectors arbitrarily. Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan said…

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to further step up bilateral cooperation by setting up the Saudi-Malaysian Coordinating Council (SMCC), said Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said this was among the issues discussed with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan when the latter made a…

KUANTAN (Pahang, Malaysia), June 12 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia will raise the Myanmar issue at the Special ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers’ Meeting scheduled to take place on June 16 and 17 in New Delhi, said Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. He said among the matters that would be highlighted during the informal meeting…

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, June 12 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysian Senior Minister for Defence Hishammuddin Hussein reaffirmed the long-standing ties during a call on Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said the republic’s Ministry of Defence (Mindef). In a statement issued here on Saturday, Mindef said Hishammuddin is currently in Singapore…

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, June 12 (NNN-Bernama) — There is a need to put more pressure on the military authority in Myanmar to resolve the current crisis and it should be done through a “combination of ways”, said Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah. Speaking on the topic titled “Myanmar: Finding…

SINGAPORE, June 11 (NNN-Bernama) — Food insecurity is one of the four common challenges that also necessitates security cooperation, says Malaysia’s Senior Minister of Defence Hishammuddin Hussein. Speaking on the topic titled “Developing New Forms of Security Cooperation” at a Plenary Session of The 19th Shangri-La Dialogue today, Hishammuddin highlighted…

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, June 11 (NNN-Bernama) — The member states of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) today reaffirmed their nations’ commitment to the Arrangement, following the commemoration of its 50th anniversary last year, said Singapore’s Defence Ministry (Mindef). According to the ministry, the republic’s Defence Minister Dr Ng…