Yimie Yong

China’s BYD opens EV factory in Thailand, first in Southeast Asia – report

In May, it was reported that BYD plans to build an automotive assembly plant in Indonesia’s West Java, with groundbreaking scheduled for July.

South Korea’s Hyundai & LG Energy open Indonesia’s first battery cell plant – report

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution opened a $1.1 billion battery cell plant in Indonesia.

This startup from Singapore is developing ChatGPT for health & wellness industry [Q&A]

In the interview, Dr Lim also shared his views on how advanced AI tools can help professionals in the health and wellness industries, the company’s goals, vision and mission, its business model, among others.

Ride-share app inDrive projects its ride-hailing drivers in Malaysia to double by year-end – report

Founded in 2013 and incorporated in the US in 2018, inDrive is available in over 749 cities across 46 countries today, information from its website showed.

India, Malaysia & 3 other Asean countries plan instant retail cross-border payments

The central banks of India, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines are working together to start an instant cross-border retail payments platform.

Indonesia president orders audit of data centers after cyberattack – report

In response to the cyberattack, Indonesia's state auditor said the president instructed it to examine the country's data centers.

ORIGIN: Asia Tech Conference: Outsiders’ Insights – Capturing the Southeast Asian Tech Wave

The panelists shared their views on the most promising sectors in Southeast Asia, the future development of the tech ecosystem, among others. These investors also shared their views on several issues related to the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia from a foreign investor's and a regional investor's point of view.

Great Wall Motor readies car plants in Malaysia and beyond – report

Chinese automakers are ramping up their investments in emerging EV markets overseas, especially in regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America, at a time when competition remains intense at home and the US and Europe are imposing punitive tariffs on China-made EV imports.

Malaysia to tap Chinese investors to build more data centers – report

US tech giants including Microsoft Corp, Google and Nvidia Corp had already announced plans to build data centers in Malaysia in the past year, and Chinese firms are interested in developing more to serve the nation’s tech companies which want to enter the Southeast Asian market

More than 40 Indonesian agencies hit by cyberattack on data centers – report

Forty-four government agencies, including key ministries, were targets of the ransomware attack, said Usman Kansong, an official from the communications ministry.