Malaysia’s national service pilot programme to take off
Syed Ibrahim, a member of the Parliamentary Special Select Committee on Security, said the pilot programme will only involve basic training, mostly on elements of nationalism…
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Medical professors threaten collective action in event of damage to trainee doctors, students
More than 90 per cent of the country's 13,000 intern and resident doctors have stayed off the job at general hospitals nationwide for three weeks in protest against the…
India moves to implement citizenship law ahead of election
According to officials, the rules aim to give Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants who migrated from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan and arrived in India…
China enhances foreign traveller payment services, anticipates continued market growth
The government is cooperating with e-payment platforms and companies to streamline foreign travelers' authentication procedures of linking bank cards and raising the e-payment…
Indonesia warns 6 foreign overseas travel agencies to register or risk being blocked
The ministry’s move came after the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association called on the government to regulate foreign overseas travel agencies over losses incurred to…
Prices of Ramadan essentials surge
Despite the government's repeated assurances of stability in kitchen markets during Ramadan, the prices of some commodities, mainly consumed during iftar, have seen a substantial…
‘We are workers in Korea too’: Foreign English hagwon teachers fight for annual leave
The right to take annual leave has come to the fore amid a stream of complaints by native English teachers of unlawful acts, exploitation and abuse in the country’s private…
Tackle low wages, lack of quality investments to stem Malaysia’s brain drain: Analysts
Low wages, as a result of company shareholders and investors taking the lion’s share of profits instead of distributing them fairly to employees, are a major factor in pushing…
Proposal for buffer zone at Malaysia-Thai border presented to Home Ministry
An official said the construction of a buffer zone is "very important" because enforcement agencies that control the border face smuggling activities.
License suspension notices sent to some 5,000 defiant trainee doctors
As of Friday, 11,994 trainee doctors at 100 teaching hospitals had left their worksites, accounting for some 93 percent of all junior doctors, according to the ministry.