Trump’s Message of “Respect for Xi” Amid Rising Tensions China’s Rare Earth Offensive Targets America’s Achilles’ Heel Tariff Truce Under Strain as Strategic Power Struggle Reignites U.S.

Senate Rejects Stopgap Bill, First Shutdown in Seven Years Partisan Stalemate over Obamacare Subsidy Extension Trump Blames Democrats, Warns of Federal Workforce Cuts The U.S.

Users protest KakaoTalk revamp, claiming “messenger identity lost” $11.6 billion in market cap erased within a week NateOn and Line downloads surge, climbing into top app market rankings The sweeping update of KakaoTalk has triggered seismic shift

User Revolt Over Instagram-Style Feed After Update Kakao: “Users Will Be Allowed to Choose Their Preferred Format” Incomplete Integration of Banking Super-Apps Creates User Inconvenience KakaoTalk’s sweeping overhaul has triggered a wave o

Foreign investors to trade bonds and equities freely Comprehensive roadmap to be unveiled within the year Liquidity shortage in overnight trading remains a hurdle Lee Jae-myung, President of South Korea, delivers a keynote

TSMC Embarks on Full-Scale Investment in Next-Generation Semiconductor Manufacturing Mass Production in Taichung, Taiwan Set for 2028 Intel Also Signals Strong Resolve in 1.4-Nanometer Push As TSMC officially confirmed mass production of its 1

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Concerns over slowing economy prompt first cut in nine months by 0.25 percentage points Newly appointed Trump nominee votes for “big cut” Divergent views among policymakers heighten policy uncertainty The U.S.

Equity Rally Weakens Bond Market Appeal Focus on Possible PBOC Bond Purchases 5% Growth Target in Doubt, Policy Support in Focus China’s sovereign bond market is reeling under deflationary pressure, with mounting expectations that the People

Parent in deficit, subsidiaries weakening, fundamentals eroding Up to $2.2 billion in cash to be raised through stake monetization Target stake amounts to 2.2–3.7% of LG Energy Solution shares LG Chem is moving to issue up to $2.2 bill

Audi and Volkswagen, Joint Development with Chinese Partners Renault and Ford, Pursuit of ‘Global Models’ through Chinese EV Platforms “Billions of Dollars and Years of Development Time Saved” The “Audi E5 Sport

Ripple, global custody business expansion Resurrecting medieval bank-style deposit model RLUSD settlement infrastructure rollout Ripple, the issuer of XRP—the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization—is preparing to laun

Korea’s Once-Reliable Export Engine, Petrochemicals Global Oversupply Driving the Downturn Vertical Integration Under Scrutiny Once a pillar of Korea’s exports, the petrochemical industry is in steep decline.

Nicole: “Drinks must be prepared within four minutes” Baristas: “Impossible during peak hours” High prices and patriotic consumption drive headwinds in China Photo = Starbucks Starbucks, the

Global AI Market Entrenched in U.S.-China Duopoly Open-Source Strategy for Global Market Penetration Chinese AI Ecosystem Bolstered by Papers and Patents Chinese companies are rapidly consolidating their foothold in the global AI marke

‘25bp vs 50bp,’ U.S. August Employment Shock Mounting Pressure from Record U.S.

SWIFT Flags Concern Over Ripple’s Blockchain Dominance Securities Classification Debate Persists Despite SEC Case Closure ETF Approval Seen as Watershed for Institutional Integration Ripple (XRP), leveraging the conclusion of its lawsuit with t

Global EV sales, BYD in first place, Tesla in third Double blow from subsidy removal and Chinese EVs Tesla facing loss of market dominance The era of Tesla’s once-dominant lead appears to be drawing to a close.

Core of wealthy taxation, corporate tax not income tax Biden administration’s effective tax rate ‘8.2%,’ result of excluding corporate tax Role of corporate tax obscured by ‘taxing the rich’ discourse Amid an intensifying debate over the tax bur

Malicious code infiltration confirmed on August 26 Security breach occurred just after ISMS-P certification Regulatory shortcomings perpetuate repeated damage malicious code infiltration was detected at Lotte Card, a company with 9.7