Step inside this healing spot inside Civilian Control Line in Paju

Step inside this healing spot inside Civilian Control Line in Paju

view more
Filipinos turn Hongdae venue into home away from home

Filipinos turn Hongdae venue into home away from home

view more
[MORNING CALM TALES] The irresistible appeal of Korea's 'pojangmacha' food tents

[MORNING CALM TALES] The irresistible appeal of Korea's 'pojangmacha' food tents

view more
Cheong Wa Dae holds emergency security meeting on N. Korea's missile launch

Cheong Wa Dae holds emergency security meeting on N. Korea's missile launch

view more
[COVER STORY] North Korea's border fortification raises questions over DMZ buffer role

[COVER STORY] North Korea's border fortification raises questions over DMZ buffer role

view more
PM Han underscores power of culture on National Foundation Day

PM Han underscores power of culture on National Foundation Day

view more
LATEST NEWS
8 in 10 draft dodgers violating travel rules go unpunished

More than 8 in 10 South Koreans who remained overseas to dodge military service have gone unpunished over the past five years, data showed Saturday. Under South Korean law, all able-bodied men are required to serve at least 18 months in the military to help counter threats from North Korea. Draft evasion carries up to five years in prison, but men who remain abroad effectively freeze their criminal cases because the statute of limitations stops while they are overseas, allowing them to dodge prosecution until they age out of mandatory service at 38. The data, obtained by Rep. Min Hong-chul of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) from the Military Manpower Administration, comes as South Korea struggles with a military manpower shortage amid its shrinking population. It showed that 794 of the 929 individuals who violated overseas travel rules related to military service between 2021 and 2025 had their investigations or prosecutions suspended. The number accounted for 85.5 percent of the total over the five-year period. The finding takes on added significance as the country’s armed f

Oct 3, 2026
Dispute intensifies over police search of pediatric emergency room

A recent police search of Ajou University Hospital’s pediatric emergency center as part of an investigation into an infant’s death has sparked an uproar among medical groups, warning that police sweeps of emergency rooms obstruct vital treatment when seconds count. Regional medical associations, including one in Daegu, condemned the search Friday, a day after the Korean Medical Association and the Korean Society of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (KSPEM) voiced their objections. Police maintain that they conducted the search under a court-issued warrant. Doctors counter that searching an emergency facility providing round-the-clock care for critically ill patients disrupts treatment and puts further pressure on essential medical services already under strain. The investigation stems from the death of a 4-month-old infant at the hospital in Gyeonggi Province on July 15. The child’s parents lodged a complaint alleging medical negligence about a month later. The infant reportedly developed breathing difficulties and other symptoms during a first outpatient visit to the hospital. The chil

Oct 3, 2026
Shark returns to canal a day after 2nd rescue attempt

A shark trapped in a canal in the southeastern city of Busan has returned to the waterway a day after authorities managed to guide it to near the canal's outlet to the open sea, officials said Saturday. The shark, named "Bukang-i," crossed the 50-meter-long, 6.8-meter-high net installed by a joint rescue team the previous day and returned to the inside of the canal at around noon, according to officials. The rescue team, comprising city and Coast Guard officials, had installed the net as part of a rescue operation to escort the shark out of the canal at Busan's North Port on Friday. However, the net became stuck to the bottom of the canal and the shark showed no intention of moving out, leading the authorities to halt the rescue operation and fixed the net some 100 meters from the canal exit. It marked the second attempt to rescue the shark, after the initial attempt on Tuesday involving only water streams, without the net, failed as the animal repeatedly escaped by swimming behind the boats. Bukang-i — a combination of Bukhang, or North Port, and the Korean suffix "i" — had attracted

Oct 3, 2026
Park Geun-hye releases letter written by her late father amid film controversy

As conservatives criticize the film “The Assassin(s),” which deals with the fatal shooting of first lady Yuk Young-soo, as a distortion of history, Rep. Yoo Young-ha of the People Power Party on Friday released a handwritten letter that former President Park Chung-hee sent to his daughter, former President Park Geun-hye. Yoo held a press conference at the National Assembly and released a copy of the letter, which had been kept by Park Geun-hye. The letter was written on Aug. 17, 1974, two days after Yuk's death. At the time, Park Geun-hye was studying in France. After learning of her mother's death, she returned to Korea via Tokyo, and received the letter from her younger sister, Park Geun-ryeong, while en route. In the letter, Park Chung-hee wrote to his daughter: “The bullet that should have struck your father instead struck your mother and took her away. I think again and again how wonderful it would have been if I had been shot and your mother had survived.” He continued, “Your mother took the bullet meant for me and left me with all the responsibility for you children and

Oct 3, 2026
Hong Kong Airport Authority to reshape 11 Skies as a high-end tourism landmark

The Airport Authority will reposition the 11 Skies commercial project after taking it over next April, with the government expecting it to become a high-end tourism landmark with minimal public investment, the transport chief has said. Speaking for the first time since developer New World Development (NWD) announced on Wednesday that it would return the 11 Skies project to the authority next April, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan said on Saturday that the two sides had reached...

Oct 3, 2026
Ngân hàng Nhà nước chia sẻ giải pháp điều hành tín dụng, đáp ứng nhu cầu vốn

Phó Thống đốc Ngân hàng Nhà nước Việt Nam Phạm Thanh Hà đã chia sẻ những giải pháp giúp điều hành tín dụng để đáp ứng nhu cầu vốn cho tăng trưởng, đảm bảo an toàn hệ thống, kiểm soát lạm phát. Tập trung thực hiện tốt việc kiểm soát giá những tháng cuối năm 2026 Trình Quốc hội giảm 30% thuế thu nhập cá nhân, thuế thu nhập doanh nghiệp Điều hành giá linh hoạt để kiểm soát lạm phát, giữ nhịp tăng trưởng

Oct 3, 2026
Business
Economy

YOUR NEWS, OUR NETWORK.

Do you have Great News you want to tell the world?

Be it updates about your business or your community, you can make sure that it’s heard by submitting your story to our network reaching hundreds of news sites across 6 verticals.

Currency Markets
Financial

MalaysianTalks is a platform for every Malaysian to get the latest updates and insights on the entertainment news. We set out a mission to be Malaysia’s leading entertainment site.

Copyright © 2015 - 2026 Malaysian Talks. All Rights Reserved.