Hundreds rally for South Korea’s Yoon as new arrest bid beckons
[BorneoPost] - 01/8/2025
SEOUL (Jan 8): Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol rallied outside his home today in a bid to protect him as investigators prepared a fresh arrest attempt. Yoon has refused questioning and resisted arrest after his bungled December 3 martial law decree (…)
In Malaysian newspapers
After social media licence snub, Putrajaya says needs time to verify X’s claim that it has fewer than 8 mln users here
PUTRAJAYA (Jan 8): Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) is expected to receive its licence to operate in Malaysia soon, (…)
[BorneoPost] - 8/01/2025
Nearly RM20k worth of fake detergent seized in coordinated Kedah raids
JITRA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry (KPDN) seized over 1,000 bottles of suspected counterfeit (…)
[New Straits Times] - 8/01/2025
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan will lead prayer at Donald Trump’s inauguration
[Herald Malaysia] - 8/01/2025
Car dealers in a fix over delays in issuance of trade plates
KUCHING (Jan 8): Sarawak car dealers are unable to conduct test drives or bring unregistered vehicles for (…)
[BorneoPost] - 8/01/2025
National Anti-Fraud Portal among govt measures to spearhead efforts against growing online scam cases, says deputy minister
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The government will review strategies for the future and implement more effective measures to (…)
[Malay Mail] - 8/01/2025
Ringgit steady against US dollar, gains on yen and euro amid greenback strength
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The ringgit opened flat against the US dollar but rose versus other major currencies amid (…)
[Malay Mail] - 8/01/2025
Melaka records investments worth RM5bil as of September last year
MELAKA: Melaka recorded encouraging investments of RM5 billion as of last September,” said Chief Minister Datuk Seri (…)
[New Straits Times] - 8/01/2025
‘Not a snowball’s chance in hell’: Outgoing PM Trudeau rejects Trump’s Canada merger idea
OTTAWA, Jan 8 — There is not a “snowball’s chance in hell” that Canada will merge with the United States, outgoing (…)
[Malay Mail] - 8/01/2025
Cardinal Parolin to inaugurate Church of the Baptism of the Lord in Jordan
[Herald Malaysia] - 8/01/2025
Killed in broad daylight: Teen fatally stabbed on London bus as knife crime crisis escalates
LONDON, Jan 8 — A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a London bus on Tuesday in the latest (…)
[Malay Mail] - 8/01/2025
