China actively incorporates AI technology into its cultural industry policies AI supercharges China’s rapidly expanding micro-drama market Local media production ecosystem loses ground to AI technology China’s entertainment industry is bei

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

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

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

AI token prices have plunged over the past few years, yet real-world AI spending continues to climb. Exploding compute demand is strengthening the pricing power of AI infrastructure providers, including data center operators. Once infrastructure bottlenecks ease, a sharp improvement in automation efficiency could trigger sweeping changes across the labor market.

Nvidia seeks to expand market share and generate recurring revenue through GPU demand guarantees Circular transaction model spreads across AI infrastructure market, with Google joining Nvidia "In-House Chips Instead of Costly Nvidia GPUs" Big Tech Accelerates Shift Away from Nvidia

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Sweden Orders Google to Pay $1.97 Billion in Damages Wave of EU Fines and Follow-on Lawsuits Against Google Intensifies Apple, X and Other Big Tech Firms Drawn Into Expanding Regulatory Dragnet, Raising U.S.-EU Tensions A Swedish court has ordered Goo

BIS Warns AI Boom Could Tighten Financial Credit Conditions Growing Reliance on Private Credit and Bond Markets by Big Tech Emerges as Key Risk Alphabet Raises Massive Capital Through Bond Markets, Expands Funding With Private Equity Partnerships The

China's homegrown BeiDou GNSS challenges the long-standing dominance of the U.S. GPS EU and Russia also operate independent GNSS networks, each pursuing distinct strategic objectives Beyond GPS, the U.S.

Growing Internal and External Backlash Against EU Methane Regulation, With Germany Joining the Opposition EU Push for Greater Domestic Gas Production at Odds With Stringent Methane Rules Softening Climate Stance Puts EU's Position as Global Regulatory Standard-Setter at Risk

Oil prices erase gains sparked by the outbreak of the Iran war, falling back to pre-conflict levels Inflation risks expected to ease gradually, with the U.S.

Expectations Persist, but Seoul Adopts a Cautious Stance on CPSP Contract Prospects Germany Emphasizes North Atlantic Defense Architecture and NATO Interoperability Strong NATO Security Cohesion Expected to Raise South Korea’s Strategic Entry Costs

Argentina Advances Next-Generation Submarine Program Through France-Brazil Partnership Leveraging Brazil’s Production Infrastructure, France Takes Design and Technology Support Role Amid Capacity Constraints Package-Based Strategies Emerging as the Decisive Weapon in a Rapidly Shifting Global Submarine Market

EU Considers Tariffs on Chinese Hybrids Following EV Measures Risk of Protracted Trade Conflict Grows as China Poised to Retaliate Europe’s Auto Industry Losing Ground as Chinese Competition Intensifies The European Union (EU) is preparing to im

Can Chinese capital provide a solution as the EU runs into funding constraints amid its decoupling-from-America trajectory? China’s Belt and Road strategy, which swept across developing nations, has highlighted the risks of debt-trap diplomacy Cooperation with Western allies and targeting strategic supply-chain bottlenecks emerge as alternative pathways

China's "3T" shifts from political taboo to the focal point of diplomatic and trade tensions Trump administration maintains pressure on all three fronts from before taking office through its second term China's premature bid for great-power status meets U.S.

Key agenda items at the G7 summit include the Middle East conflict, support for Ukraine, and AI governance Chinese state media lash out at the G7, calling for a more “open and inclusive” approach The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) stages its own event in parallel with the opening of the G7 summit

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Germany's TKMS and South Korea's Hanwha Ocean enter full-scale competition over Canada's CPSP program Shifting dynamics in the NATO submarine market raise questions over Germany's traditional dominance Germany's submarine industry strained by existing orders, with workforce and supply chains under pressure