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Friday 22 May 2026
Taiwan moves to govern AI across risk, talent, and education
Taiwan's cabinet approved three sweeping AI policy initiatives in a single sitting on May 21, signaling a rare moment of whole-of-government alignment on artificial intelligence. The...
Friday 22 May 2026
Taiwan rides chip-led export boom to bankroll industrial overhaul
AI-driven demand and other emerging technologies kept Taiwan's export momentum strong in the first quarter of 2026, with exports reaching US$195.74 billion, rising 51% year on year...
Friday 22 May 2026
South Korea aims for 50% domestic defense semiconductor supply by 2029
South Korea announced a national plan to raise domestic production of defense semiconductors to 50% by 2029, targeting heavy reliance on US and Taiwan supply chains to bolster national...
Friday 22 May 2026
Taiwan to launch AI strategy committee for coordinating AI governance
Taiwan's Executive Yuan will formally establish a special committee on national strategies in AI, which will be headed by the Premier and tasked with coordinating, promoting and overseeing...
Friday 22 May 2026
US-Japan cooperation could protect Taiwan '99%', defense investors told at Silicon Valley summit
Taiwan's semiconductor industry and the military implications of a potential cross-strait conflict dominated the aerospace and defense track on the second day of the Plug and Play...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Commentary: Trump's Taiwan chip claim tests TSMC's silence
US President Donald Trump, after recently concluding a visit to China, again publicly accused Taiwan of having "stolen our chip industry." This was not the first time he had made such...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Taiwan moves to restore drone procurement funding after legislature cuts defense budget
Taiwanese President Ching-te Lai warned that sweeping cuts to drone procurement funding by the Legislative Yuan could weaken the island's defense readiness and undermine stability...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Vietnam issues AI regulations, requires OpenAI and Anthropic to appoint local government liaisons
Vietnam has issued artificial intelligence (AI) regulations requiring companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic to appoint representatives to communicate with the government, with affected...
Thursday 21 May 2026
China uses iron-fist policies to expel inefficient TOPCon capacity from solar supply chain
China's top-down policies are creating a tech elimination battle in its solar supply chain. Because of severe oversupply in the mainstream N-type tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon)...
Thursday 21 May 2026
Exclusive: TOPCon faces funding cuts while HJT and BC receive government support
As China's solar market enters a downfall, market sources indicate that China's central government is reshaping the industry landscape through an aggressive dual-track strategy. On...
Thursday 21 May 2026
White House plans voluntary frontier-model review, in bid to close gap with China and EU
The White House Office of the National Cyber Director briefed leading AI developers on Tuesday on a planned executive order that would establish a voluntary framework for pre-release...
Thursday 21 May 2026
How South Korea is pitching itself to Silicon Valley's startup elite
South Korea made its case to Silicon Valley investors and startups on the first day of the Plug and Play May Summit in Sunnyvale, positioning Seoul not as an emerging market but as...
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Samsung braces for major strike after bonus talks collapse

Samsung Electronics faces a major labor disruption after its union said about 48,000 workers would walk off the job on May 21, beginning...

Wednesday 20 May 2026
Taiwan to boost AI and strategic-industry spending to increase competitiveness
Taiwan's cabinet announced plans to expand public spending on AI and other strategic industries to protect the island's high-tech manufacturing lead, strengthen economic security and...
Wednesday 20 May 2026
Interview: Governments are losing the AI cybersecurity race, and Palo Alto Networks thinks it has the answer
Governments are losing the race against AI. That is the blunt assessment of Nicole Quinn, vice president of policy and government affairs for Asia-Pacific at Palo Alto Networks. Policy...