NEW DELHI -- With the Middle East crisis yet unsolved, the foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. -- constituents of the Quad, a partnership focused on cooperating in the Indo-Pacific region -- met in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss energy security, supply chain resiliency, critical minerals, maritime cooperation and counterterrorism.
VinFast founder's son takes over as EV maker recalibrates global expansion
HANOI -- VinFast has turned to the son of its founder to steady the Nasdaq-listed EV maker as Vietnam's most prominent company navigates a critical phase in its global expansion marked by mounting losses driven by heavy upfront investment.
Fiber-optic drones add new dimension to Myanmar's civil war
BANGKOK -- The recorded video feed from the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) showed the explosives-packed "suicide drone" careering toward a few dozen people gathered outside a drab yellow building in western Myanmar's Chin state before abruptly cutting out just over their heads.
Australian lithium miner pulls trigger on expansion as prices rise
CANBERRA -- Australian miner Mineral Resources and Chinese lithium giant Ganfeng will move forward with a 490 million Australian dollar ($351 million) expansion at a mine they jointly run in Western Australia, as rising prices reinvigorate the sector after a prolonged downturn.
Inside Huawei's chip comeback: The woman taking on US sanctions
TAIPEI -- Huawei caught the world's attention when it unveiled a new chip design and manufacturing approach that the Chinese tech titan says could help it overcome U.S. export controls and close the technology gap with global semiconductor leaders Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Intel.
China DRAM maker CXMT posts dizzying numbers as it aims for IPO
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Welcome to the Tech Latest podcast. Every Tuesday, our tech experts, Katey Creel and Shotaro Tani, deliver insights into the hottest trends and news from the sector.
In this episode, Katey speaks with Taipei tech correspondent Annie Cheng Ting-Fang about China's top memory chipmaker, CXMT, its surprise profit surge ahead of a planned IPO and how the AI boom is accelerating Beijing's push for semiconductor self-sufficiency.
Weverse app, made famous by BTS, helps turn superfandom into economic force
TOKYO -- For Japanese content to amass soft power, an app that features K-pop's BTS offers one of several clues on how to break containment.
India benefits from data center trade despite missing main AI play
BENGALURU -- While global investors have largely shunned India as an artificial intelligence laggard, its industrial and power equipment stocks are emerging as a way to ride the AI boom, due to the country's success in courting global tech giants such as Google and Microsoft to build hyperscale data centers.
Hong Kong fire survivors face countdown on government buyout
HONG KONG -- Six months after Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades took their family members, neighbors and homes, former residents of the Wang Fuk Court residential complex remain mired in uncertainty as deadlines for a government buyout offer approach.
Japan's Chiyoda to fully resume construction on Qatari LNG plant
TOKYO -- Japanese plant builder Chiyoda will fully resume construction work on a liquefied natural gas plant in Qatar, with all evacuated staff returning to the site as early as this month.