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When the Loudest Gift Is Simply Showing Up

There is a particular kind of silence that only arrives after life has changed. Not the peaceful kind. The other one. The one filled with half-finished thoughts, unfinished chores, and questions that replay themselves long after the house has gone quiet. Did I do enough today? Did I miss something?

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Kia begins principal led operations in Malaysia 

Kia has formally shifted to a direct, principal led model in Malaysia, with Kia Sales Malaysia Sdn Bhd (KSM). The move positions Kia to control its brand presence end to end, covering marketing, sales, customer ownership experience, training, and the wholesale and retail ecosystem in the market.  The change follows

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Confessions of an Agency…

“Okay, numbers first,” the marketer says. “ROAS is green, CAC is stable, revenue’s on track. You did well this quarter.” “We did,” the agency replies. “That’s exactly why we wanted to talk.” The marketer looks up. “Uh oh. You sound worried.” “ Think of it as a confession,” the agency

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Malaysia’s Talent Reset — 2026 Will Reward Skills, Not Just Headcount

For years, Malaysia’s economic story was told through scale: factories, headcount, cost efficiency. By 2026, that narrative is decisively shifting. What now matters is capability — specialised, high-value, and digitally fluent. And the country’s talent market is beginning to reflect that recalibration. According to Randstad Malaysia’s 2026 Market Outlook &

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When Advertising Laughs at Itself

Advertising has always had a complicated relationship with humour. It sells with it, disarms with it, occasionally hides behind it—but rarely turns the joke inward. Cards Against Advertising, a new parody card game launched by Mumbai-based independent agency Motley, does exactly that: it holds up a mirror to agency life

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A Royal Christmas Message for a Multicultural Malaysia

In an age where public discourse often fractures along lines of race, religion and rhetoric, some messages matter precisely because they are calm, deliberate and human. This Christmas, such a message came quietly from Shah Alam. The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, together with the Tengku Permaisuri of

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