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<h2>The South Korean Ministry of Justice has issued a warning to tourists, advising them against using non-official websites to apply for the Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) before travelling to the country</h2>
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<p><p>On the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.k-eta.go.kr/">official K-ETA website</a>, the ministry warns that <b>it has</b> <b>not designated any other agency for K-ETA application.</b></p>
<p>&#8220;Some non-official websites were found to be <b>illegally collecting a higher fee</b> than the official fee and relevant cases have been reported.</p>
<p>&#8220;Please be careful to protect yourself from damages due to fraudulent non-official K-ETA websites and agencies,&#8221; it warned.</p>
<p>According to <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/02/18/korean-travel-drama-a-costly-affair">The Star</a>, many unsuspecting Malaysians have also fallen victim to this scam.</p>
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<h2>Despite warnings by the South Korean authorities since the visa-free access began in 2021, some Malaysians have still ended up paying up to 10 times more for their K-ETA</h2>
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<p><p>As of writing,<b> the K-ETA costs only 10,000 won (RM35.80) per person.</b></p>
<p>However, <b>many have paid as much as USD99 (RM475)</b> to unauthorised third-party or scam websites.</p>
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<h2>These cases often happen when people neglect to check the website&#8217;s domain name, only to later discover that they did not apply on the official K-ETA website</h2>
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<p><p>&#8220;I chose a K-ETA website that appeared at the top of the search results, thinking it was an official site. It seemed legitimate,&#8221; a victim told The Star.</p>
<p>It was only when she was charged USD99 for the K-ETA that she realised that she had been duped.</p>
<p>Moreover, she is now concerned about the legitimacy of her &#8216;approved&#8217; K-ETA application and whether she will be allowed to enter the country during her trip.</p>
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<h2>To reiterate, there is only ONE official website to apply for a K-ETA</h2>
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<p><p><b>The official K-ETA website is </b><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="http://www.k-eta.go.kr"><b>www.k-eta.go.kr</b></a><b>.</b></p>
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<p>&#8220;The firemen together with the building management took about 30 to 40 minutes to successfully free her leg,&#8221; said operations commander PBK II Shamsul Bahri Hashim.</p>
<p>He added that the injured girl was referred to a medical team, who was also on standby at the scene to provide emergency treatment.</p>
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<p><p>&#8220;Dad carried me up and down the stairs every time we had to go to the hospital for check-ups and treatment.</p>
<p>&#8220;Sometimes, he had to stop to catch his breath when we&#8217;ve arrived at the second floor, and other times he would just walk directly up to the fourth floor if he was in a rush,&#8221; she shared.</p>
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<p>&#8220;My father&#8217;s body is slimmer than mine, so I quietly ate less to lighten the load, but when my father found out, he scolded me and told me to eat as usual. That made me more determined to recover quickly,&#8221; she said.</p>
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<p><p>It was rescued by officers from the Civil Defence Force (APM) after they received an emergency call from a homeowner in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.</p>
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<p>&#8220;<b>The price of our books start from RM1 and is mostly within the range of RM7 to RM25.</b> Why would you want to steal cheap books from a small local business like ours?&#8221; she questioned.</p>
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<p>Ang said the man, wearing a cap and a face mask, <b>went into the shop with a satchel bag minutes after her staff left for their lunch break.</b></p>
<p>She also suspects that the man was familiar with her store, as he went straight to a certain section to take the books he wanted.﻿</p>
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<p>&#8220;I estimate the total cost of the stolen books to be around RM150 to RM200. However, what hurts more than the monetary loss is the ugliness of humanity,&#8221; said the bookseller.</p>
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<p>&#8220;He comforts me when I have period pain. I confide in him about my problems at work. I feel like I&#8217;m in a romantic relationship,&#8221; she told AFP.</p>
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<p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s difficult to meet the ideal boyfriend in real life. People have different personalities, which often generates friction,&#8221; said Wang Xiuting, who uses Wantalk, another AI app developed by Chinese tech giant Baidu.</p>
<p>Wantalk allows users to<b></b> customise their perfect lover according to age, values, identity, and hobbies, <b></b>offering hundreds of characters with different physical appearances to choose from.</p>
<p><b>&#8220;If I can create a virtual character that… meets my needs exactly, I&#8217;m not going to choose a real person,&#8221;</b> Wang said, adding that her &#8216;lovers&#8217; always suggest ways to solve her problems and relieve stress from classes and daily life.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot of emotional support,&#8221; she said.</p>
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<p><p>&#8220;Everyone experiences complicated moments, loneliness, and is not necessarily lucky enough to have a friend or family nearby who can listen to them 24 hours a day.</p>
<p><b>&#8220;Artificial intelligence can meet this need,&#8221;</b> he told AFP.</p>
<p>However, AFP reports that the technology still has some way to go.</p>
<p>Another 22-year-old student, Zeng Zhenzhen said the three-second wait between the &#8220;real-time&#8221; chat messages makes her &#8220;clearly realise that it&#8217;s just a robot&#8221;.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I got curious, why are so few Chinese babies born? So, I used my Chinese New Year spare time to dig a little deeper,&#8221; he wrote.</p>
<p>The MP found that&nbsp;<b>only 40,000 Chinese Malaysian babies were born</b>&nbsp;compared to the total of 423,124 live births in the country in 2022.</p>
<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s less than 10% of total live births!&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p><p>&#8220;When I looked at DOSM&#8217;s latest statistics, I found out Chinese Malaysian not only have less babies, they have less marriages too! Double shock!&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>He stated that according to DOSM, approximately 61 marriages occurred per 1,000 Muslim Malaysians, whereas&nbsp;only 22 marriages occurred per 1,000 non-Muslims in 2021.</p>
<p>He concluded that<b> Muslims are 2.7 times more likely to get married compared to non-Muslims.</b></p>
<p>&#8220;So, we can summarise that <b>more and more Chinese or non-Muslim populations are staying single or not getting married.</b></p>
<p>&#8220;This will directly impact the birth rates of Chinese or non-Muslims. Less marriages, less babies,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p><p>&#8220;I call out to those singles out there, go out and seek your love and life partners.</p>
<p>&#8220;Please get married in this auspicious dragon year. It&#8217;s a journey worth taking. Remember to have more babies too,&#8221; he wrote.﻿</p>
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<p><p>&#8220;But YB, it&#8217;s easier said than done to ask Chinese Malaysian to get married and have babies. High costs of living, the depreciating ringgit value, runaway inflation — these need to be fixed. </p>
<p>&#8220;The Chinese are a pragmatic lot, we won&#8217;t jump straight away to marriage and kids, which are of lower priority in life if [those economic factors] aren&#8217;t addressed first,&#8221; said a Facebook user.</p>
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<p>&#8220;I never expected YB to speak in this manner. We must understand the society we live in is like living in a pressure cooker.</p>
<p>&#8220;Cost of living could be the main reason. Plus, societal values are changing. Moreover, we have the unaddressed issue of climate change which can screw us,&#8221; said another.</p>
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<h2>Did you know world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) publishes courses online for free, making them available to anyone, anywhere?</h2>
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<p><p>Since 2001, the initiative called <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://ocw.mit.edu/">MIT OpenCourseWare</a>&nbsp;has been giving millions of learners worldwide free access to knowledge.</p>
<p>You can take thousands of free MIT online courses through edX or MIT OpenCourseWare.</p>
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<p><p>This course is an introduction to computer science as a tool to solve real-world analytical problems using programming language, Python 3.5.</p>
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<p>The courses are designed to help people with no prior exposure to computer science or programming to learn to think computationally and write programmes.</p>
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<p>&#8220;Hot weather during this period is a phenomenon that occurs annually from February to May.</p>
<p><b>&#8220;During this time, the maximum daily temperature can exceed 35°C in the early afternoon,&#8221;</b>&nbsp;he said.</p>
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METMalaysia: Hot & Dry Weather Expected Until The End Of March

May Vin Ang