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'Umazing!' Selangor Turf Club and local horse racing scene boosted by Japanese 'horse girl' game's virality

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23 -- Malaysia's last premier racecourse Selangor Turf Club (STC) as well as the local horse racing scene experienced a surge in popularity, all thanks to a Japanese video game cent... Read More


Why Japan's 'horse girl' game Umamusume is sparking global interest in real horse racing

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23 -- A video game about horse girls - girls with horse ears and tail to be exact - has become one of this year's unexpected global hits. Following a worldwide English-language edi... Read More


Approved investments vs FDI: Manipulation, or truly a non-issue?

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23 -- In the past few years, every time the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) publishes the figures for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), certain quarters tend to compare the ... Read More


Fahmi Fadzil denies ordering social media blackout on Zara Qairina case

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23 -- Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil has denied ordering restrictions against social media content about the Zara Qairina incident, after he was accused of doing so by a... Read More


Health Ministry acknowledges staff crisis at HKL as five doctors handle 300 patients daily

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 23 -- Patients at Hospital Kuala Lumpur's orthopaedic clinic face waits of up to six hours as a severe staff shortage left only five medical officers and seven specialists attending... Read More


Red bins, tight checks: Singapore Immigration seizes over 850 vapes in five-day border blitz (VIDEO)

SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 -- More than 850 vapes and related components were surrendered to Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers during five days of stepped-up checks across Singapore's air, ... Read More


Singapore's Temasek Polytechnic students hit by fake tuition fee scam, victims lose over RM120,000

SINGAPORE, Aug. 23 -- Several e-mail addresses of Temasek Polytechnic (TP) students here have reportedly been compromised and used by scammers to demand fake tuition fee payments. According to Singap... Read More


Singapore's Changi Travel Services to cut 30 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

SINGAPORE, Aug. 22 -- Changi Travel Services (CTS), a subsidiary of Changi Airport Group, will cut about 30 jobs as part of a business restructuring exercise, according to CNA. A CTS spokesperson sai... Read More


Singapore flat fire leaves three in hospital, 50 evacuated in Toa Payoh

SINGAPORE, Aug. 22 -- Three people were taken to hospital and about 50 residents evacuated after a fire broke out in a Toa Payoh flat early this morning, according to Singapore's CNA. The Singapore C... Read More


Singapore man jailed after secret second marriage exposed when wife sees him at hospital delivery suite

Kuala Lampur, Aug. 22 -- SINGAPORE, Aug 22 - A 49-year-old Indian national was sentenced to three months and three weeks in jail after his secret second marriage was uncovered when his first wife saw ... Read More