Malaysia’s electric vehicle story has been largely urban — sedans gliding silently through Bangsar traffic, compact SUVs posing in Mont Kiara basements, fast chargers popping up next to latte counters. Then iCaur turned up with a boxy, unapologetic off-road EV and basically said: What if an EV wasn’t just for
Right now, Singapore is ranked 5th in the 2025 Global Innovation Index. While Malaysia is down in 34th place – behind such titans of global innovation as Malta, Lithuania and the Czech Republic. “How can we compete?” you may ask. The answer is simple – and exciting. The Singapore System
Watsons Malaysia chief operating officer Danny Hoh (left) posing with the award as Watsons Malaysia clinches the coveted “Brand of the Year” title in the Health and Beauty category at the 2025–2026 World Branding Awards. Watsons Malaysia, the Malaysia and Asia No.1 health and beauty retailer, has won the coveted “Brand
When Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) announced its latest wave of digital enhancements at KLIA early this week, the headlines naturally focused on new tools – TravelReady, one-click Express Booking, Apple Pay integration, an upgraded app, Mavis the chatbot, and expanded Enrich redemptions across oneworld. Pull back the screen for a
By Mark Ritson Mark Ritson argues that Hollywood’s rush to shrink theatrical windows has created a blockbuster crisis that even brilliant films cannot escape – a marketing disaster we will study in years to come. There is no doubt that ‘One Battle After Another’ is one hell of a film.
Somewhere between a toddler’s sticky fingers and a parent’s despair, a 90-second earworm turned into a US$400 million company. Not a superhero franchise. Not a gaming platform. But a children’s song that goes doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. It’s tempting to laugh at Baby Shark as just another internet
Here’s a truth we don’t talk about enough —Malaysia is quietly stepping into its biggest demographic transformation since Merdeka. By 2048, one in seven Malaysians will be an older adult. Not “senior citizens” in the old sense of the word — but a new generation of older Malaysians who are
By The Malketeer Universal Music Malaysia’s decision to pull Dolla’s Question music video after public backlash is more than a headline about wardrobe choices. It’s a sharp reminder that in Malaysia, creativity doesn’t exist in a vacuum — it lives inside a cultural ecosystem that reacts, recalibrates, and occasionally bites
Pine Labs, one of India’s fastest-rising fintech players, made its public debut today, marking a major milestone for the company and for Fave, the Malaysian-founded startup that joined the group in 2021. Fave, cofounded in 2015, became part of Pine Labs after an acquisition that integrated its consumer payments and
Pos Malaysia Berhad, the national post and parcel service provider, officially launched Stamp Week 2025 today with the theme ‘Classic Animation’, celebrating beloved Malaysian animated series from the 1990s including Keluang Man, Anak-anak Sidek, Yokies, and Hikayat Sang Kancil. The launch, held at Pos Centre of Development (PosCODE) in Bangi
