Lionel Lim

Lionel Lim

ASSISTANT EDITOR, BT GLOBAL

A bear and bull statue in front of the Bursa Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

Macquarie ranks Malaysia’s market as its top pick among 5 Asean countries

The Australian bank cites politics, currency strength and corporate capital expenditure 

Korawad Chearavanont, founder and executive chairman of Amity Group. Korawad, who hails from the CP Group family, wants to build a South-east Asia based tech company in the B2B space.
BEHIND THE NAME

His grandfather built a food empire, now he’s aiming to build South-east Asia’s first enterprise AI giant

Korawad Chearavanont from Thailand’s CP family is riding the GenAI wave as he tries to turn Amity into an AI powerhouse

Two of Grab's autonomous vehicles that are engaged in community testing in Punggol.

Grab gets approval to test its autonomous vehicle services with the public in Singapore

The community testing phase involves grassroots advisers and residents of Punggol

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison's CEO Vikram Sinha.

“I believe in acting with conviction”: Indosat’s CEO is banking on an ‘AI north star’ to grow the telco

The nation’s second-largest telco has been investing heavily in an artificial intelligence strategy under CEO Vikram Sinha

Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at the Iseas-Yusof Ishak Institute’s Regional Outlook Forum in Singapore on Jan 8.

Full impact of Trump tariffs will take some time to play out: SM Lee

The US’ ‘opting out’ of the multilateral trading system it anchors will hurt world economy, he says

Singapore's senior minister Lee Hsien Loong speaking at the ISEAS Yusof Ishak regional outlook forum in Singapore on Jan 8, 2025.

US raid in Venezuela is worrying for small countries: SM Lee

Washington is more willing to act unilaterally when it sees that its national interests require this, he says

Volvo electric vehicles on display at The Car Expo October 2024 in Singapore.

Singapore ranks high for adoption of new energy vehicles in South-east Asia: study

Awareness of types of new energy vehicles is highest in the Republic, based on a survey by Inchcape

Workers stitch fabric at a garment factory in Vietnam's Thai Nguyen Province on July 2, 2025. Vietnam, a global manufacturing hub dependent on exports, faces a potential "reciprocal tariff" hike from 10 to 46 percent without a US trade deal. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP)

Asean has benefited from US-China trade war, but it is stuck in a complicated spot

It is exporting more to the world’s largest economy yet growing exports may not necessarily be helping the region

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison's CEO Vikram Sinha (second from right) at the agreement signing on 23 Dec 2025 in Jakarta.

Indonesia’s major telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison enters JV to build fibre infrastructure

Venture with Arsari Group and Northstar Group will allow Indosat to monetise its fibre assets

CEO Donald Kng hopes revenue from Vetreska’s Fur stores can hit “seven digits in Singapore dollars”.

Singapore is the ‘litmus test’ for how much consumers will spend on their pets: Vetreska CEO Donald Kng

‘If this concept fails here then we don’t really need to try any other place,’ says company’s chief