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Thursday 19 June 2025
South Korea's Lee Jae-Myung softens stance on chaebols in first talks with big corporations
South Korea's newly inaugurated President Lee Jae-Myung held his first "lunchbox roundtable" with leaders of the nation's top five chaebols and six major business groups. At the meeting,...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Apple turns to Alibaba for AI push in China, drawing US concern

Alibaba has open-sourced 32 variants of its latest Qwen 3 language models, designed specifically to run on Apple's MLX machine learning...

Wednesday 18 June 2025
Nittobo material price hikes exclude AI server-grade glass fabric
Japanese glass fiber supplier Nitto Boseki (Nittobo) reportedly has raised prices of its composite material products by up to 20% due to increasing costs, but the price hike does...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
US sanctions in the rearview? Huawei talks tough on 5G-A, AI at MWC Shanghai
Amid mounting US sanctions and continued supply chain constraints on its HiSilicon Ascend processors, Huawei took the spotlight at the MWC Shanghai 2025 Global Mobile Broadband Elite...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Japan's MinebeaMitsumi extends Shibaura bid while Yageo awaits security clearance
Japanese electronics manufacturer MinebeaMitsumi has decided to extend its tender offer for temperature sensor producer Shibaura Electronic until July 1, postponing the initial deadline...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Huawei’s AI weather model among top performers in China tests
China’s weather agency is testing more than a dozen artificial intelligence models in an effort to enhance its forecasting, with a system from Huawei Technologies Co. showing...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Japan's Yaskawa invests US$180M in US robot production
Japanese industrial automation giant Yaskawa has announced a US$180 million investment to establish a new production base in Wisconsin, creating the company's first industrial robot...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Trump Mobile's T1 phone shows signs of Chinese origin despite 'all-American' claims
The Trump Organization unveiled Trump Mobile on June 16, 2025, promoting it as an all-American wireless provider with a flagship T1 phone boasting made-in-USA credentials. However,...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Trump tightens China chip curbs as Nvidia's H20 faces new export limits
The US expanded semiconductor restrictions to include Nvidia's H20 chip, previously the only compliant AI processor available to Chinese buyers, as the Trump administration deepens...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Korean exporters brace for turmoil as US tariffs and Middle East conflict roil global trade
South Korean exporters are facing mounting pressure from a confluence of geopolitical and trade shocks, as the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran rattles global commodity...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
US-Taiwan deepened drone collab to protect defense supply chain from Chinese threats
As the US steps up efforts to secure its unmanned systems supply chain from Chinese influence, Taiwan is emerging as a key potential partner, leveraging its cybersecurity protocols...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
CXMT targets 2027 HBM3E launch as China races to close HBM gap
China continues to lag behind memory giants SK Hynix, Micron, and Samsung Electronics in developing high bandwidth memory (HBM) technology. Although US export controls on semiconductor...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Japan's AGC and University of Tokyo unveil laser tech 1 million times faster for AI chip manufacturing

AGC, a leading Japanese manufacturer of specialty glass and ceramics, has partnered with researchers at the University of Tokyo to develop...

Wednesday 18 June 2025
South Korea names first AI presential secretary
South Korea's presidential office has appointed Ha Jung-woo as its first senior presidential secretary for AI affairs, a newly created role under President Lee Jae-myung's administration...
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Canon Machinery targets 2026 launch for hybrid bonding tools amid surge in advanced packaging demand
Canon Machinery, a subsidiary of Japan's Canon Inc., is intensifying its development of hybrid bonding technology as it seeks to expand beyond its conventional die-bonding equipment...