What is actually happening with South Korean exports? South Korea’s exports are on course to record their strongest annual growth in nearly five decades. A Reuters poll of 13 economists, released on Monday, placed the median estimate for June export…
Indian Government Clarifies Passport Is Not Proof of Citizenship, Citing 1967 Law India’s central government clarified on Thursday that an Indian passport has never constituted definitive proof of citizenship, asserting the position reflects decades of settled law — not a…
Tamil Nadu Congress Chief Seeks Exit, Cites Factional Tensions and Post-Election Disputes Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai has formally requested the party’s national leadership to relieve him of his post, travelling to Bengaluru on Sunday to personally…
Taiwan Tracks Six Chinese Naval Vessels Circling Its Waters for Second Consecutive Day Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) reported on Wednesday that six People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels were detected operating around the island as of 6am local…
Foreign Fund Outflows Push India’s Balance of Payments into Deficit Despite Current Account Surplus India’s balance of payments (BOP) swung to a deficit of $6.6 billion in April 2026, reversing a surplus of $0.5 billion recorded in April 2025, as…
India Moves to Bar Labour Law Violators From Government Contracts India’s Department of Expenditure (DoE) has issued a directive that could ban firms from government procurement if they repeatedly default on wage obligations to workers, marking a significant tightening of…
China’s Moonshot AI Pursues $30 Billion Valuation in Third Funding Round Within Six Months Beijing-based Moonshot AI, developer of the Kimi chatbot, is seeking up to $2 billion in a new funding round that would value the startup at $30…
South Korea’s Lee Vows to Share Semiconductor Windfall, Accelerate AI Integration South Korean President Lee Jae Myung declared on Monday that the gains from business success must be distributed across society, announcing plans to direct surplus tax revenues generated by…
Lai Ching-te Opens Computex With Bold AI Pitch to Global Tech Giants Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te declared his country indispensable to the global artificial intelligence supply chain on Tuesday, using the opening of Computex Taipei to court international investment and…
Taiwan’s Military Showcases Ghost Robotics Patrol Dogs Destined for South China Sea Outposts Taiwan’s premier defence research body has unveiled three armed and surveillance-capable robot dogs designed for deployment on the island’s contested South China Sea territories, signalling a significant…
