An armistice ended the fighting in the Korean War three years after it started, but the two sides have never signed a peace treaty.

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail said the individual remains on active duty while investigations are ongoing. Local media reports have linked the case to a video involving social media influencer Nur Asyiqin Mohd Dalil.

Onn Hafiz Ghazi tells CNA he is focused on securing a Barisan Nasional victory in the Jul 11 polls, which he says should not be viewed as an indicator of the coalition’s support nationwide.

The North Korean soldier is believed to have defected, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

The report by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs identified August to September as the "peak danger" period for transboundary haze.

South Korea's KOSPI, which plunged 10 per cent on Tuesday in their sharpest one-day drop since March, rallied 3.5 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei shed 0.4 per cent and Taiwan stocks lost 1.9 per cent. 

Investors tentatively got back on the horse in Seoul as they picked up the pieces following a 10 per cent collapse in the KOSPI on Tuesday, which was led by 12 per cent losses in chip giants and market heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung.

Sarawak-owned AirBorneo has irked passengers with high prices and flight disruptions. But the East Malaysian state can still prevent bad optics from turning into a political problem, analysts say.

The significance of the ASEAN-Russia summit lies in the grouping's desire to preserve room for manoeuvre, says an ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute academic.

Index provider MSCI on Tuesday (Jun 23) extended its review to assess the slate of measures rolled out by Jakarta, leaving the market facing prolonged uncertainty.

The influence of rising powers in the Middle East is unlikely to take the form of the military presence traditionally associated with the United States, say analysts at the Middle East Institute’s annual conference.

Samsung and SK Hynix shed more than 12 per cent each, triggering an automatic 20-minute bourse-wide trading halt in the afternoon.  

Although Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has yet to name the coalition’s chief minister candidate, Maszlee - who is among the candidates with the biggest profile owing to his previous stint as a Cabinet minister - has emerged as one of the frontrunner...

The Chinese toy company is seeking to build long-term global franchises around its characters and reduce reliance on its breakout star.

Johor received RM16 billion in federal allocations from 2023 to 2025, more than the RM14 billion it contributed to federal revenue, says Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama's conversation with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday helped the yen recover from a low of 161.93 per dollar, just short of the 161.96 level last seen in December 1996.