SCMP: China in Talks with South Korea and Japan on Possible Trilateral Currency Swap Amid Trump-Era Tariff Threats, Beijing Seeks to Bolster Financial Stability Focus on Whether Japan, a Quasi-Reserve Currency Nation, Will Agree to China’s Proposal <

Chinese Property Investors Rush to Cut Losses and Exit the Market Many Failing to Recover Even Their Principal as Losses Deepen the Longer They Hold Property Slump Accelerates China’s Deflationary Pressures

Samsung Boosts Competitiveness With Major Gains in Logic Die Yields Micron Claims 11 Gbps per Pin With Efficiency-Focused Architecture As HBM4 Nears Commercialization, Is SK Hynix’s Dominance Fading? Competition in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) m

SK Group Puts Non-Core Subsidiaries on the Market “Big Deal” Sale of SK Siltron Gives Chairman Chey More Room as Legal Risks Ease PEFs Reach Out to Doosan Over Potential SK Siltron Acquisition SK Group is accelerating efforts to streamline its portf

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Dutch Government Ousts Nexperia’s China-Born CEO, Signaling Direct Intervention Yielding to Intensifying U.S.

The IMF Warns: “Global Markets Growing Complacent Amid Rising Risks” Major economies weighed down by fiscal deficits and debt Trade conflicts and the Russia–Ukraine war add to mounting strain The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proje

Kia Expands Sales in Europe, Plans to Boost Local Production New hatchbacks and locally favored models lined up for Q4 Chinese EV makers losing price edge in Europe pivot to local production Kia’s compact electric SUV, the E

“Don’t Worry About China,” Trump Signals Softer Stance Beijing Responds With Defiance, Turning Pressure Back on Washington China’s Control of Rare-Earth Supply Chain Undermines U.S. Leverage U.S.

Trump Vows 100% Tariffs on Foreign-Made Films Hollywood Turns Overseas Amid Soaring U.S. Production Costs As U.S. Film Industry Faces Turmoil, Japan and Others May Reap the Benefits U.S.

Major Auto-Producing Nations Struggle Under Trump’s Tariff Pressure Hyundai and Others Double Down on Localization Strategies U.S.

Trump Administration Cancels Large-Scale Climate Budgets in 16 States DOE and EPA Begin Cutting Green Programs and Rolling Back Policies “Green Terminology Banned” as DOE Takes Extreme Measures The Trump administration has decided to slash

Korea’s National Airport Workers’ Union Enters Indefinite Strike Ahead of Chuseok Worker Discontent Grows Over Subcontracting and Job Insecurity Strike Actions Mount Across Sectors Ahead of “Yellow Envelope Act” Implementation Workers at 15 airp

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YouTube settles lawsuit with Trump over account suspension Social media platforms enforce censorship policies as users join in “cancel” actions Concerns rise that a stronger culture of censorship could suppress freedom of expression Google’s Yo

Quantum computing market projected to grow to $4 billion within five years Big Tech and startups push quantum computing development in parallel Commercialization could surpass the limits of classical computers Quantum computing is em

Trump Approves U.S. Investors’ Acquisition of TikTok’s U.S. Unit Company Valuation Slumps From Estimated $30–50 Billion to $14 Billion Forced Sale Seen as Political Move to Court Young Voters U.S.

China Says It Will No Longer Seek Special Treatment at WTO Ignored U.S.

Trump: “Ukraine Can Regain Its Original Form as a Nation” U.S. Pushes EU to Boost Imports of American Energy, Cutting Russia’s Cash Flow Alaska LNG Project Seen as Potential Wild Card in Europe’s Gas Trade Dynamics U.S.

Lotte E&C Sells Stake in Vietnam ‘La Premiere’ Development Project After Entering Vietnam in 2007, Results Remain Bleak Payment Still Unsettled for Highway Project Completed in 2018 Rendering of the “La P