[Weekend Film Review 🍿 – Badak] The film tells the story of Badak, a deaf father, and his daughter Mirah, played by Aida Amron. The film never tells us what happened to Mirah’s mother, and that absence becomes part of its silence. It’s a story about three generations and the

[Crisis Comms Reflection 📖] Read the room, feel the temperature, and think before you answer. Political acuity matters. One careless remark can ignite public outrage and force unnecessary damage control. Before I go further, I watched the education minister’s doorstop

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The show Adolescence isn’t exaggerated. It’s accurate.

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Just got home after a long day. That horrific incident we read about, the school is right in front of my house. Sitting alone in my car, I keep asking myself how this could have happened. There are so many questions, and so few answers. It reminds me of the 2021 case in

"Suspect was rejected by the girl.” “He’s mentally ill.” People argued, judged, and spread stigma over these two issues. But now it’s confirmed: neither was true. All that toxic discourse over baseless rumors and speculation. Shame.

AirAsia co-founder Tony Fernandes says he can finally see “light on the runway.” Capital A aims to exit financial distress by year-end as it completes its restructuring, while divesting its airline arm and betting on narrow-body jets for long-haul routes. asia.nikkei.com/editor-s-picks…

[Reflections 📖] What we’ve seen in the past few weeks is more than an isolated tragedy. It reflects who we’ve become as a society. Where did we go wrong? Why are our children acting out our worst impulses? Children mirror the adults around them. How we talk, how we react, how

My latest analysis examines the recovered manifesto, which shows the suspect was influenced by American school shooting phenomenon and anime pop culture emphasising individual grievance against society. This may have culminated in an actual phenomenon known as "Columbine Effect".

Malaysia's soccer association announced the suspension of its secretary-general pending an internal investigation into the ruling by FIFA, to suspend seven of its naturalized players over allegedly forged birth certificates. asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/spor…

It was a very frustrating press conference yesterday evening. Lots of unanswered questions. Here’s some parts of the transcript (lightly edited) and you can understand how furious the press members were. — Press: Who decided on the 7 foreign players? Who identified them? Is it

A historic moment for ASEAN, welcoming East Timor as the 11th member of the bloc, marking an important milestone of the region's expansion. asia.nikkei.com/politics/inter…

Signed, sealed and delivered. "This is a momentous day for all of the people of Southeast Asia as we sign a historic agreement to end the military conflict between Cambodia and Thailand." - Donald J. Trump President Donald J. Trump asia.nikkei.com/politics/inter…

#ICYMI Chinese and U.S. negotiators have reached a “framework” for their presidents to discuss in person in the coming days, following two days of talks in Kuala Lumpur. asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade-…

It’s all my fault after all. And that’s ok. It’s my fault.