8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (507+ words) PETALING JAYA: A number of government healthcare workers have yet to receive their uniform supplies and tailoring payment for the year. Workers in states or territories such as Sabah, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Negri Sembilan said they have not…...

22+ hour, 54+ min ago   (280+ words) SEOUL: Seoul will begin selecting hotels and other lodging facilities suited to foreign patients’ recovery and extended stays amid a surge in the number of people visiting South Korea for medical treatment, the city government said on Sunday (Sept 13). Applications…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (954+ words) SEOUL: Josh Doyle, 29, stopped drinking tap water after developing a stomachache the first time he drank it at his residence in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. The Scot had regularly drunk tap water at home. In Korea, he switched to a Brita…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (223+ words) UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- UN humanitarians on Friday warned of the deadly threat posed by explosive ordnance contamination in Syria. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the contamination continues to affect not only where people…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (155+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Healthtech company HEYDOC Health has partnered with Macrokiosk to provide its hybrid employee medical benefits solution, FutureK, to Macrokiosk’s workforce. Under the collaboration, Macrokiosk employees will gain access to FutureK from September 2026. In a statement, HEYDOC Health founder…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (352+ words) Persatuan Kebajikan Sayap Kasih Malaysia is appealing for public help as two toddlers have been hospitalised for different kinds of issues this week. "The hospitalisation alone has placed a heavy financial burden on our centre. We are really hoping for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (364+ words) More than 500 students in East Java were hospitalised with food poisoning suspected to have been caused by state-supplied meals, regional officials said, as the government works to reform the agency overseeing its ambitious free-meals scheme. President Prabowo Subianto launched his…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (535+ words) PETALING JAYA: The education sector has been getting the highest allocation under the national budget each year, but calls have emerged that it is time to give healthcare the lion’s share as its needs are more pressing at this juncture....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (240+ words) An inspection carried out at a construction worksite in Kampong Sengkurong B, Mukim Sengkurong identified a failure to comply with Regulation 5 (First-Aiders) under the Workplace Safety and Health (First-Aid) Regulations, leading to the issuance of a BND500 compound fine. The affected…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (251+ words) MOSCOW: The world's first mass vaccination of penguins against bird flu is underway in Australia, with around a thousand birds having already received the first dose, Sputnik/RIA Novosti reported on Monday (Aug 24), citing the ABC News. It was the…...