Ravi Velloor

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Dr Khor Hoe Ee has been a career economist with the IMF, MAS and in recent years, Amro – the Asean Plus Three Macroeconomic Research Office that he helped to set up.ST PHOTO: GIN TAYPUBLISHED May 31, 2025, 05:00 AMSoon after he joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1981, Dr Khor Hoe Ee had his first taste of crisis.

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Dr Khor Hoe Ee's hands-on experience in addressing crises has shaped his panic-free approach to problems.ST PHOTO: GIN TAYPUBLISHED May 31, 2025, 05:00 AMSINGAPORE – An economist who has had a ringside view of many major upheavals globally over the past four decades is not overly worried about US President Donald Trump’s assault on trade.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

SINGAPORE – It is no secret that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi would welcome Dr Shashi Tharoor in his corner. The affable Congress politician, an opposition stalwart with nationwide popularity exceeded perhaps only by a handful of public figures including Mr Modi himself, would be an asset to any political party – especially one like the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), whose popularity suffered a hit in the last parliamentary polls.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

How times change! A quarter century ago, then Prince Gyanendra Bikram Shah was the reviled younger brother of the popular monarch of Nepal, 10th king Birendra Bikram Shah Dev. His vast wealth and alleged greed were the subject of drawing room chatter in Kathmandu, as was his son Paras’ proneness to violence. Then, things moved swiftly.

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ravi Velloor

Asean also must take steps to closely engage the key outside powers involved – China, India and Russia in that order, with the US seemingly too preoccupied to care. PHOTO: REUTERSHow hapless must a people be before their siblings in the wider region even notice their pain?