SoftBank to Inject Up to $30 Billion More Into OpenAI SoftBank Keeps Betting Aggressively, Selling Stakes Including Nvidia Holdings OpenAI Struggles to Prove Profitability, With an Ad-Supported Plan Still an Open Question SoftBank Gro

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Warning Signs Flash for Korea’s Craft Brewers as Failures Mount, Including Amazing Brewing Company and Sevenbrau Alcohol Consumption Slump Fuels the Downturn, With Only OB Beer Holding Up Behind Cass “Sober Curious” Trend Spreads Globally as Demand Shifts to Non-Alcoholic Drinks

J.D. Vance Presses South Korea’s Prime Minister to Hold Back on Coupang Regulation Coupang Becomes a De Facto U.S. Company After Its New York Listing Has U.S.-Backed Coupang Sparked a Korea–U.S. Power Struggle? U.S. Vice President J.D.

Lee Jae-myung Sends a Clear Warning on Korea’s Duplicate-Listing Practice LS Drops Its IPO Plan Amid the Dual-Listing Debate, Forcing Other Conglomerates to Rethink Subsidiary Listings Tighter Rules Could Fuel Offshore Spin-Off Listings, Raising the Need for Policy Safeguards

China’s Biotech Industry Tightens Its Grip on the Global New-Drug Market State Backing and Lighter Regulation Power a Challenge to Western Heavyweights U.S.

Won Slides as Talk of Coordinated U.S.–Japan Action Adds Downside Pressure Korea Could Get Some Relief After Months of Costly FX Defense Japan’s Takaichi Government Eyes a Poll Boost Ahead of a Snap Election The won–dollar rate, which had be

Samsung’s HBM4 nears shipment after clearing Nvidia and AMD validation HBM supply chain long dominated by SK hynix faces a shake-up as Samsung rebounds Three-way race heats up among Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron as next-gen HBM battle ignites Sa

Global memory market surges on HBM as AI drives a new supercycle Industry sees the boom lasting for years, with upbeat forecasts mounting Micron tipped as the biggest beneficiary among the memory “Big Three” The global semiconductor industry is b

Nvidia faces growing copyright infringement allegations over use of pirated book data to train AI Copyright lawsuits over generative AI training continue to pile up worldwide Regulatory gaps widen by country as the U.S., Japan, and the EU move toward looser rules

Korean shipbuilders move to enter U.S. Navy warship programs head-on, beyond MASGA Push accelerates despite steps to expand U.S. production capacity, including shipyard acquisitions With Trump administration signaling a pro-U.S.

Global liquor makers’ inventories pile up as COVID-era output surge backfires Shifting consumer trends erode alcohol’s role as a traditional defensive stock Demand pivots to non-alcoholic drinks, accelerating industry reshuffle Global liquor

Memory shortage deepens amid AI demand surge, DDR5 prices jump as much as fourfold Global big tech queues up as supply-demand balance flips PCs and smartphones hit hard, with price hikes and product cancellations mounting Global memory ch

ChatGPT rolls out $8-a-month ad-supported plan worldwide OpenAI adopts Netflix-style tiering to expand its paid user base Cash-burn pressure mounts as OpenAI turns to ChatGPT Go as an exit strategy

India approves massive rare-earth subsidies to curb reliance on China World’s third-largest reserves provide a solid raw-material base But gaps remain in processing technology and high-performance magnet materials The Indian govern

U.S.-Taiwan tariff talks conclude with $500 billion investment pledge Same tariff rate as Korea and Japan, setting off a three-way productivity race Korea faces structural challenge: high wages, weak productivity U.S.-Taiwan tariff negotia

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China’s December 2025 exports and imports rebound sharply, beating expectations Annual trade surplus jumps 20%, driven by partner diversification and an undervalued yuan Subsidy-led export growth fuels global push for higher tariff barriers on China

“Ease the cost-of-living burden,” Trump demands steep cuts to credit card interest rates U.S. financial industry warns of side effects, including reduced credit access for low-income borrowers and fewer card benefits J.P. Morgan, the largest U.S.

Japan begins deep-sea rare-earth test extraction near Minamitorishima Supply-chain self-reliance drive accelerates amid China’s rare-earth weaponization, but tech and processing limits remain a variable China raises the intensity of rare-earth export controls, stoking fears of economic blowback for Japan