TOKYO — South Korea has outrun the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2008 Lehman shock, and the 2013 taper tantrum. Whether it can outrun its own AI boom is a harder test — and one the last week of Kospi whiplash put on stark display. Korea sits at the front of a pack of
Nirmal Purja climbed all 14 “eight-thousanders” in six months and six days – then a record.
The US believed China wanted its military ready to be able to win a conflict over Taiwan by 2027.
BEIJING, July 31 - China's President Xi Jinping urged senior leaders of the ruling Communist Party on Friday to deepen the fight against corruption in the military and to advance the modernisation of national defence, state news agency Xinhua reported.
The pilot had just flown a Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta. and was found to have been under the influence of cocaine and methamphetamine after a urine test.
Tomahawk missiles are a centerpiece of Tokyo’s new defence strategy.
Two themes dominate Japan’s elite thinking at present: a blend of awe and fear about the ambitions of Japan’s powerful prime minister, Sanae Takaichi; and concerns about the US-Japan security alliance. Takaichi became prime minister last October through winning a party
The YouTuber has been found guilty for two counts of assault over the 2024 incident in Perth.
The man faces the death penalty or a life sentence if found guilty.
SEOUL, July 31 - South Korean military inspectors will visit an army corps on Friday to review an incident in which troops nearly shot down an unidentified aircraft near the border with North Korea before determining it was a U.S. drone taking part in a joint exercise, the
KUMAMOTO, Japan, July 31 - A powerful earthquake that struck southern Japan this week has exposed the vulnerability of the country's manufacturing supply chains, a decade after a devastating quake in the same region triggered widespread industry disruption.
Problems could persist for automakers, where parts shortages can snarl production far and wide.
Visit promotes joint security ties at a time when tariffs, Iran war have hurt US influence in Asia.
The government is spending less of its budget on education as tuition costs soar.
Most family offices did not offer carried interest to their investment teams until recently.
The US military confirmed the American drone was taking part in a joint training with South Korea.
Manufacturers are supplying equipment for the AI boom even as the country is falling behind in the race to develop AI.
SYDNEY, July 31 - More than 8 in 10 Australian teenagers were still using social media three months after the government's landmark ban on the platforms for under-16s took effect because the tech firms failed to implement effective age checks, the country's internet regulator
Weak age checks have allowed most under-16s to keep accessing platforms despite the ban.
A mall has open spaces where a large volume of gas can build up, increasing the scale of the blast.
Media reports published earlier this week about China’s plan to start making its own immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machines have caused a sharp sell-off of European chip equipment stocks. But Chinese pundits say the situation remains very far from a point where
KCNA said US Forces Japan was becoming a full-fledged “war command” with increase in headquarters personnel.
SEOUL, July 31 - An editorial carried by North Korean state media KCNA on Friday criticised the expansion of the U.S. Forces Japan command, warning that a clash on the Korean Peninsula is now a matter of timing rather than just a possibility.
SYDNEY, July 31 - The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially changed its name to the Republic of Naoero, reverting to its traditional designation in a move it said was aimed at strengthening national identity and cultural heritage.
It is part of the government’s efforts to strengthen the country’s intelligence capabilities and pursue counter-espionage legislation.
An American, a Chinese national, an Omani and five Nepalis are said to be part of the group feared missing in Pakistan.
Indian strawberry farmers rely on varieties imported from the US and Europe, but that could change.
Opponents of the junta hoped a revolution would remake Myanmar - but these are disheartening times.
Mohammad Junaid has moved court alleging he was unlawfully detained by police due to his role in the protests.
They practise backflips and cartwheels in a narrow alley with little equipment or privacy. But the children from this poor Jakarta neighbourhood are proving they can compete with Indonesia's best.
The protests are a warning for the nation's gerontocracy, which fails to give youth a share in governance.
In France, a single fruit cost as much as $37.
A large-scale rescue operation is continuing after more than 1,100 residents were safely evacuated.
QUETTA, July 30 - At least eight coal miners were killed and dozens still missing after an explosion buried parts of a mining complex in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Thursday, an official said.
The incident occurred in Sorange, a remote area near Quetta, Balochistan's provincial capital.
Tensions have recently flared between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Xiaomi seeks to boost sales in China's ultra-competitive car market ahead of a planned 2027 European launch.
A security source said the woman, identified as Claire Z, is in her 30s and not a student.
Flood-related incidents have killed 121 people in Pakistan since June 26.
The state ruler moves to ensure a new government can be installed in spite of the ongoing royal crisis.
Subsidy cuts and weak consumer sentiment are testing Chinese carmakers as the high-growth era ends.
Samsung just posted an operating profit of 89.5 trillion won, roughly US$62 billion, for the second quarter. That’s a jump of 1,814% from a year earlier. Revenue climbed 130% to 171.5 trillion won, a company record. And Samsung’s shares fell anyway. SK Hynix, the other pillar
US President Donald Trump has remade American foreign policy into a dangerous mix of belligerence, atrocity crimes and incoherent lunacy. The broad elements of the Trump administration’s almost non-existent Myanmar policy are well known. The gutting of the US Agency for
LONDON, July 30 - A Russian overnight attack that killed a family near the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih likely used a North Korean missile, two sources said, in what would be the first time such a weapon had been fired in the war in nearly a year.
A Meta spokesperson said at the time that the post had been blocked inadvertently.
Explaining stock market movements is always a little bit of a fool’s errand; no one really understands why stocks boom or crash on a given day or in a given week. Over the long run, the stock market displays lots of “excess volatility” — prices move up and down much more than
The Youtuber had travelled to Georgia alone to film content.