DIVERSE FESTIVALS NEED TO FORM CORNERSTONE OF MALAYSIA’S UNITY
KUALA LUMPUR, Every festival celebrated by the multicultural people in the country can serve as the cornerstone of the unity that leads to harmony between races and the prosperity of Malaysia and its people.Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yu…
Samsung’s Harman acquires music streaming platform Roon
SEOUL, Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its automotive and audio electronics subsidiary Harman International has acquired the U.S. music streaming platform Roon in a bid to expand its presence in the digital audio sector.The New York-based Roon is …
‘TIGER STRIPES’ TO REPRESENT MALAYSIA AT 96TH OSCARS
Local feature film, ‘Tiger Stripes’ has been officially selected as the Malaysian contender for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Award (Oscars) slated to take place in March next year.Minister of Communications and Digital Fahmi Fad…
SHINee launches first Japan tour in 5 years
South Korean boy band SHINee began its tour around Japan last week and will close with a concert at the Tokyo Dome next year, the group’s agency said Monday.SM Entertainment said the band kicked off their tour at Japan’s Saitama Super Arena with perfo…
British Embassy to open doors to public during cultural festival next month
“Welcome to our embassy,” greeted Colin Crooks, the British ambassador to South Korea, in fluent Korean on Monday as he led a preliminary tour of the legation and the ambassador’s residence in a neighborhood in Seoul steeped in the country’s early mod…
VETERAN ACTRESS MEK HABSAH DIES
Veteran actress Mek Habsah, whose real name is Habshah Bakar, died at the Institute of Respiratory Medicine Kuala Lumpur at 2.45 am today. She was 67.
Her grandson, Huraimi Hilman, who confirmed the news to Bernama, said Mek Habsah had suffered from…
(Yonhap Interview) S. Korean streamers still have chances to catch up with Netflix: expert
South Korea’s homegrown streaming service operators, like Tving and Wavve, can compete with global media giant Netflix in the local market as long as they have effective plans to deal with rising production costs and viewers’ changing preferences, a …
BTS V’s ‘Layover’ sells over 1.67 mln copies on debut day, record for K-pop soloist
The debut solo album by V, a member of K-pop supergroup BTS, sold about 1.67 million copies on the day of its release, breaking the first-day sales record for K-pop soloists, data showed Saturday.According to the data from Hanteo Chart, a leading loca…