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Tuesday 28 October 2025
US-Japan summit signs rare earths deal and promises golden age alliance
On the morning of October 28, 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and US President Donald Trump signed two important agreements during their meeting at the Akasaka Palace...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Power crunch threatens Taiwan's semiconductor supply chain
Driven by global net-zero ambitions and the rapid rise of AI computing, electricity has evolved from basic infrastructure into a strategic resource shaping national competitiveness...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
South Korea's Incheon turns city infrastructure into startup testbed, hosts festival to highlight unicorn pipeline
The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ) Authority opened its Boom-up Festival 2025 on October 28, 2025, at Start-up Park Incheon, positioning the city as a national launchpad for unicorn-caliber...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
CATL's dominance puts squeeze on South Korean battery rivals
Leading Chinese battery maker CATL's 2024 revenue was more than four times the average of South Korea's three major battery firms, highlighting a structural gap in the global battery...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Toyota launches new bZ4X in Taiwan; Hotai Motor forecasts 40,000 BEV registrations in 2025
Hotai Motor, the Taiwanese distributor for Toyota, held a launch event for the newly redesigned bZ4X all-electric SUV on October 27, 2025, which features a maximum range of 743 kilometers...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
SK Hynix M15X completion expected by end of 2025
To meet the growing demand for HBM, SK Hynix is accelerating the construction of its DRAM production base, M15X plant in Cheongju, South Korea. According to Yonhap News and...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Chunghwa Precision, Yokowo sign investment deal to deepen Taiwan-Japan testing industry ties
Taiwanese semiconductor test interface leader Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) announced that it has signed an investment agreement with Japan's Yokowo. Under the agreement, both...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
China's CXMT, YMTC power into AI memory super cycle
The global memory market is entering a "super cycle" driven by the booming adoption of AI, data center upgrades, and growing demand for high-performance computing (HPC). With inventories...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Hybrid, not pure electric, may drive Taiwan’s next scooter wave, says SYM
Taiwan's electric scooter industry is currently coping with a number of bottlenecks in terms of domestic supply chains, battery reliability, government subsidy policies, and consumer...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
HBM boom tightens DRAM supply as Samsung, SK Hynix secure long-term deals
As demand for memory surges alongside the build-out of AI infrastructure and soaring data volumes from AI agents developed by OpenAI, Google, and others, consumption has spiked not...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Three years into leadership, Lee Jae-yong aims to redefine the ‘new Samsung’
Samsung Electronics Co. chairman Lee Jae-yong marked his third anniversary as chairman on October 27, a milestone widely interpreted as the first year of the company moving past judicial...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Pegatron chairman: Taiwan’s chip success can’t last without high-end services
The Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (TSIA) held its annual meeting on October 23, during which Pegatron Chairman Tzu-hsien Tung delivered a keynote speech on industrial...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Anthropic looks to Seoul as Asia becomes its biggest growth engine
AI startup Anthropic plans to open an office in Seoul, South Korea, by early 2026 to bolster its footprint across the Asia-Pacific region, where it has seen revenue soar more than...
Tuesday 28 October 2025
TSMC breaks ground on second Kumamoto chip plant, expanding Japan footprint

TSMC's Japanese subsidiary, Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), officially signed an agreement with the local government...

Tuesday 28 October 2025
Commentary: Taiwan remains the dealbreaker as Trump and Xi eye fragile thaw at APEC
As the APEC summit in late October approaches, US President Donald Trump aims to broker a historic China-US trade deal and push for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire. However, stalled negotiations...