All eyes on Speaker seat, seating arrangements in Parliament sitting tomorrow

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat will sit again this Monday in which Cabinet Ministers are expected to face their first ‘test’ in the August House this year. This is because the first meeting, Third Session of the 14th Parliament that sat on May 18 for just a day featured only the Royal Address by the […]

‘Just wait and see’

MUKAH: The appointment of a new Dewan Rakyat Speaker piqued the interest among some people in the state as there are speculations that the candidate could be a Sarawakian. For Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo, he didn’t really bother much about the matter. “Just wait and see,” he told New Sarawak Tribune via WhatsApp today. He […]

Kim Jong Un reappears after weeks of speculation

SEOUL: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead.    The North reported that Kim had attended the opening of a fertiliser factory and released pictures it said […]

S. Korea’s daily speaks of bracing every possibility as speculation continues

SEOUL: South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency has run an editorial from Korea JoongAng Daily dated April 27 on its website. The editorial follows heavy speculation in the last two weeks on the status of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un who has been noticeably absent in the two-week period. The following is the editorial. Bracing for every possibility  […]