Vietnam Resumes Nuclear Development, South Korea Emerges as Leading Contender Westinghouse Technology Licensing Pact Seen as Double-Edged Sword Surging Global Nuclear Demand to Test Team Korea’s Capabilities As the Vietnamese government moves

China Moves to Cut U.S.

Vietnam Signals Air Force Overhaul by Weighing Adoption of French Rafale Fighters Indonesia, India, Iraq Also Purchasing Rafales, Expanding France’s Export Channels Franco-German Rift Over Next-Generation Fighters Raises Question: Rafale Exports as a Strategy to Reinforce Strategic Autonomy?

Trump Presses Ahead With the ‘SAVE Act,’ Reiterating Claims of Election Fraud Democrats Warn Supporters Will Lose Voting Rights, Use Filibuster to Block Passage Trump Administration Advances SAVE Program to Build a New Citizenship Verification Regime

China’s biotech sector has sharply expanded its market presence on the back of government support Surpassing the U.S.

Melania Trump Steps Into the Spotlight With Documentary, Shedding Her Reclusive Image The First Lady as a Brand, Captivating Middle-Aged American Women The Launch of the ‘Melania Business Model’ Spanning Media and Luxury

Samsung Electronics and SK hynix Overtake Alibaba and Tencent in Market Capitalization for the First Time Asia’s AI Investment Axis Shifts from Platforms to Infrastructure Chinese Big Tech Turns to AI for Survival, but Global Leadership Remains Distant

Europe shifts energy policy, steps up SMR development EU expands institutional and financial backing East Asia’s three major economies also focus on SMRs, with South Korea and Japan struggling on commercialization Across Europe, efforts to bui

Japan Succeeds in Trial Deep-Sea Mining of Rare Earths Near Minamitorishima Push to Reduce Reliance on China in Rare Earth Supply Chain Accelerates After 2010 Brazil, Australia, and the United States Also Step Up Efforts to Reshape Rare Earth Supply Chains

EU Steps Up Efforts to Push China Out, Tightening Trade Barriers and Regulation Across the Board Europe’s Manufacturing Slump Deepens, With Limited Capacity to Replace Chinese Production EU Turns to “Home-First” Policies to Break the Deadlock, but Energy and Labor Cost Pressures Persist

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Directly Flags an AI Memory Supply Crunch “Supply Cliff Will Last at Least Several Years,” With Forecasts of Prolonged Market Turbulence AI Bubble Talk Persists Despite Unrelenting, Aggressive Investment in AI Infrastructure

Tesla Decides to Discontinue Model S and X, Retools Production Facilities for Optimus With EV Growth Slowing, Tesla Bets on Robotics and AI for a Performance Rebound Competition Likely to Come Down to Execution of Core Technologies Such as “Robot Hands”

Hyundai Motor Union Strongly Pushes Back Against Plans to Deploy Robots on Production Lines AI Advances Fuel a 21st-Century Revival of the Luddite Movement "Technological Progress Is Inevitable,"Korean Government Shifting Focus to Job Polarization and Other Side Effects

SoftBank to Inject Up to $30 Billion More Into OpenAI SoftBank Keeps Betting Aggressively, Selling Stakes Including Nvidia Holdings OpenAI Struggles to Prove Profitability, With an Ad-Supported Plan Still an Open Question SoftBank Gro

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Warning Signs Flash for Korea’s Craft Brewers as Failures Mount, Including Amazing Brewing Company and Sevenbrau Alcohol Consumption Slump Fuels the Downturn, With Only OB Beer Holding Up Behind Cass “Sober Curious” Trend Spreads Globally as Demand Shifts to Non-Alcoholic Drinks

J.D. Vance Presses South Korea’s Prime Minister to Hold Back on Coupang Regulation Coupang Becomes a De Facto U.S. Company After Its New York Listing Has U.S.-Backed Coupang Sparked a Korea–U.S. Power Struggle? U.S. Vice President J.D.

Lee Jae-myung Sends a Clear Warning on Korea’s Duplicate-Listing Practice LS Drops Its IPO Plan Amid the Dual-Listing Debate, Forcing Other Conglomerates to Rethink Subsidiary Listings Tighter Rules Could Fuel Offshore Spin-Off Listings, Raising the Need for Policy Safeguards

China’s Biotech Industry Tightens Its Grip on the Global New-Drug Market State Backing and Lighter Regulation Power a Challenge to Western Heavyweights U.S.

Won Slides as Talk of Coordinated U.S.–Japan Action Adds Downside Pressure Korea Could Get Some Relief After Months of Costly FX Defense Japan’s Takaichi Government Eyes a Poll Boost Ahead of a Snap Election The won–dollar rate, which had be