Angelica Ang
Angelica Ang is a Singapore-based journalist who covers the Asia-Pacific region. Before joining Fortune, she was a breaking news reporter at the Straits Times. She is a graduate of the National University of Singapore and Columbia University.
👁 Visitors inspect Samsung smartphones at Thailand Mobile Expo 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, on October 26, 2024. The expo showcases the newest smartphone and gadget devices aimed to boost sales after Thailand’s economy shows signs of recovery. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Asia
Asia
Asia’s AI playbook gets a reality check as the Iran war sends energy prices higher and snarls supply chains
By Angelica Ang
👁 This photo taken on April 5, 2022 shows a security guard walking in front of the main gate of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in the town of Morong in Bataan province, north of Manila. – The nuclear power plant built in the disaster-prone Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos’s regime, but never switched on due to safety fears and corruption, could be revived if his son wins the May 9 presidential poll. – TO GO WITH Philippines-politics-nuclear-energy,FOCUS by Allison Jackson (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / TO GO WITH Philippines-politics-nuclear-energy,FOCUS by Allison Jackson (Photo by TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)
Energy
Energy
The Iran war is accelerating plans for Southeast Asia to go nuclear. Experts say it won’t be easy
By Angelica Ang
👁 “Today’s healthcare firms must have a clear strategy in Asia, or they will no longer be global leaders,” Abrar Mir, co-founder and managing partner of Singapore-based healthcare private equity firm Quadria Capital, tells Fortune.
Investing
Investing
Private equity is eying Asia’s health care funding gap as countries get wealthier and older
By Angelica Ang
👁 In this photo taken on February 4, 2026, racks of GPUs (graphics processing units) with a closed-loop liquid cooling system are seen inside an operational Microsoft data centre in Karawang, West Java. Non-stop buzzing fills a windowless Microsoft data centre near Jakarta, part of a tech construction boom sweeping Southeast Asia that promises economic opportunities but is also hungry for resources. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with ‘INDONESIA-TECHNOLOGY-BUSINESS-ENVIRONMENT-AI, REPORTAGE’ by Marchio Gorbiano with Katie Forster in Tokyo
AI
AI
Southeast Asia could become a booming AI market if its data centers can beat the heat
By Angelica Ang
👁 SELANGOR, MALAYSIA – AUGUST 5: Hundreds of drivers of ride-hailing services participate in a “food delivery blackout” rally to demand justice at the GRABCAR Malaysia Headquarters in Selangor, Malaysia on August 5, 2022. The protest aims to demand rights regarding the issue of low delivery wages and unfair payment scale. (Photo by Syaiful Redzuan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Asia
Asia
Grab expands to Taiwan, its first non-Southeast Asian market, with $600 million Foodpanda deal
By Angelica Ang
👁 This photo taken on August 22, 2022 shows a farmer spreading fertilizer on his paddy field in Lamteuba, Aceh province. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP) (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)
Asia
Asia
The Iran war cripples Asia’s supplies of fertilizer and helium, threatening farms and chipmakers alike
By Angelica Ang
👁 Workers work on a circuit breaker production line at Anhui Wangulian Electric Co., Ltd. in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, China, on March 4, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Economy
Economy
China is becoming a ‘factory to the factories,’ powering global manufacturing in places like Southeast Asia even as U.S. trade declines
By Angelica Ang
👁 Signage for Sunway Healthcare Group’s Sunway Medical Centre in Sunway City, Selangor, Malaysia, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Sunway Group is exploring an initial public offering of its health care unit that could raise as much as 3.5 billion ringgit ($847 million), people with knowledge of the matter said. Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Economy
Economy
Sunway Healthcare surges in first trading day, with hospital demand set to rise in a wealthier and older Malaysia
By Angelica Ang
👁 WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 16: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with the Trump Kennedy Center Board Members in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump convened the board of trustees of the Trump Kennedy Center to vote on a proposal to close the institution for two years of major renovations. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Politics
Politics
Trump suggests postponing his key meeting with Xi Jinping by ‘a month or so,’ as Iran overtakes China on the U.S.’s agenda
By Angelica Ang
👁 IN FLIGHT- MARCH 7:U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media traveling on Air Force One while heading to Miami on March 7, 2026. President Trump and other members of the government attended the dignified transfer of six soldiers from the 103rd Sustainment Command who were killed in action by an Iranian drone strike on March 1 in Port of Shuaiba, Kuwait during “Operation Epic Fury”. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)
Economy
Economy
Asia scrambles to respond to Trump’s sweeping Section 301 trade probes, which could pave the way for new tariffs
By Angelica Ang
👁 A Scoot passenger jet is pictured at Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore on March 13, 2026. Some Asian airlines have begun hiking ticket fares in response to energy concerns arising from war in the Middle East that have driven up oil prices. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP via Getty Images)
Asia
Asia
How the Iran war cuts off Southeast Asia’s tourism industry
By Angelica Ang
👁 Motorists queue to pump gasoline into their vehicle at a gas station in Hanoi on March 10, 2026. Vietnam announced on March 9 it was scrapping tariffs on fuel imports, as the US-Israeli war with Iran disrupts oil supplies and pushes prices to their highest level since 2022. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP via Getty Images)
Asia
Asia
Asia rolls out four-day weeks and work-from-home as emergency measures to solve a fuel crisis caused by Iran war
By Angelica Ang
👁 CHONGQING, CHINA – JULY 26: In this photo illustration, metal cubes representing rare earth elements including Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), Dysprosium (Dy), Terbium (Tb), and othersare displayed with their symbols and atomic numbers on overlapping flags of the United States and China on July 26, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images)
Asia
Asia
Beijing’s dominance in rare earth processing leaves others scrambling to close the gap: ‘China is the leader, and the U.S. is far behind’
By Angelica Ang
👁 A customer carries a Shein fast fashion retailer’s bag at its opening day in the BHV department store in Angers, western France, on February 25, 2026. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP via Getty Images)
Retail
Retail
The ‘Singapore-washing’ strategy starts to unwind as both China and the U.S. closely scrutinize corporate roots
By Angelica Ang
👁 Members of the media report on the market closing at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea, on March 3, 2026. South Korea’s financial markets suffer a ”Black Tuesday” shock as the benchmark KOSPI plunges 452.22 points, or 7.24 percent, to close at 5,791.91, and the tech-heavy KOSDAQ falls 55.08 points, or 4.62 percent, to 1,137.70. (Photo by Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Economy
Economy
Oil worries and Iran war hammer Asian stocks, with Korea’s KOSPI taking the biggest hit
By Angelica Ang