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Record Number of Tourists Visit Korea for Medical Treatment “Affordable and Low-Burden” Dermatology Accounts for More Than Half of Treatment Demand End of VAT Refunds for Cosmetic Medical Services Erodes Price Competitiveness The number of

BYD turns to local production in response to tighter restrictions on Chinese EVs Approaches Renault in 2024 and 2025, seeking control beyond a conventional partnership Localization strategy runs into defenses of management control, regional sourcing requirements and a high-cost production environment

Vulnerability in Spain’s Foreign Procurement Exposed by Dependence on Proprietary Ammunition and Parts Growing Buyer Demand for Wartime Readiness and Domestic Industrial Capacity Defence Competition Shifting From Finished-Product Sales to Joint Production and Long-Term Sustainment

The “Export Boom Paradox” as Margins Collapse Despite Rising Orders Policy Financing Helps Absorb Losses as Firms Expand Overseas Market Share A Protracted War of Attrition Squeezing Manufacturing Bases in South Korea, Germany and Japan China’s man

High rents are turning Europe’s free movement into a costly privilege Housing costs now block job matching before workers move Affordable housing must be treated as labour-market infrastructure After years of fre

‘Worst-Ever’ Heat Wave Sweeps EU, Hitting Wheat and Corn Output Extreme Heat and Drought Fuel Large Wildfires in Spain and France “Emissions Cut, Adaptation Neglected”: Limits of EU ESG Policy Laid Bare Extreme weather sweeping across Europe is c

Shein’s Hong Kong IPO Push Following Failed U.S.

Sluggish Chinese smartphone sales during the peak 618 shopping festival Surging memory prices compound cost pressures, triggering successive price increases Accelerating development of high-performance devices tailored to on-device AI demand

Narrowing Performance Gap Among Frontier AI Models Growing Adoption of Task-Specific Model Combinations and Orchestration Shift in Market Competition From Model Performance to Cost per Task The rules of competition in the artificial intelligence

Three-Model Lineup Spanning Flagship Sol to Lightweight Luna Routing, Caching and Batch Processing Built Into GPT-5.6 Intensifying Price Competition Among Providers Shifts Battleground to Deployment Capabilities Price competition encompassing both mod

Private-market valuation surpasses $1.2 trillion AI model market increasingly shifts toward Chinese providers Widening gap between corporate valuation and market competitiveness U.S.

Official inflation can fall while household price pressure remains high Different spending baskets create different inflation experiences Policy should pair CPI with clear perceived-inflation indicators A country can show a low

Negative deposit rates do not just change returns; they change trust Denmark shows how households cut deposits when banks pass through negative rates Japan shows how low returns can push savers toward cash, caution, or global risk <

Young populations can lift growth only if jobs expand Ageing economies need labour, but extraction is not a strategy Investment decides whether youth becomes a dividend or a trap Between 2025 and 2035,

Supply chain inflation begins before costs fully appear Firms price delay as a margin risk Competitor reactions can turn disruption into persistent inflation Global supply chains experience a one-month-or-longer disruption

NATO members unveil sweeping defense spending plans under U.S.

Advanced packaging emerges as a critical differentiator in semiconductor technology competitiveness Foundry leader TSMC significantly expands investment in advanced packaging Taiwan's backend semiconductor ecosystem increasingly aligns with TSMC, with capacity expansion gathering pace

Honda and Nissan to share next-generation automotive technologies Expanding joint development and standardization efforts to include component subsidiaries Pursuing economies of scale to strengthen competitiveness in the era of software-defined vehicles

Big Tech pours into the corporate bond market to finance AI infrastructure AI-related investment-grade bond issuance nears USD 400 billion Data center profitability expected to remain strong amid persistent supply shortages Global Big Tech com

Rafale's limitations in scalability and modernization highlighted as fifth- and sixth-generation fighters proliferate Latecomer South Korea's KF-21 still faces a difficult path into the export market Combat experience and multirole capabilities remain the ultimate differentiators