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Culture (Global)
Why Did Design Miami Choose Seoul as Its Asian Hub?
The world-renowned collectible design fair “Design Miami” has identified Seoul as a market to cultivate over the long term. Following last year’s inaugural event in Seoul—the first in Asia—the fair ha…
Stocks
SambuEngineering&Construction, Having Avoided Delisting, Now Faces Substantive Review of Listing Eligibility
Although SambuEngineering&Construction has resolved the grounds for delisting—specifically, the audit opinion and full capital impairment—it has been placed under substantive review for listing eligib…
Trade
'50% Auto Tariff' Hits Canada, but Here's Why Japan Is Crying
Analysis suggests that Japanese automakers Toyota and Honda could be hit hardest if U.S. President Donald Trump moves forward with plans to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian-made cars. Since the two com…
FX
"160 Yen Mark Breached Again"—Will the U.S. and Japan Intervene Further?
The yen has once again surpassed the 160-yen-per-dollar mark. As the market keeps a close eye on the possibility of intervention by Japanese authorities in the foreign exchange market, downward pressu…
Culture (Global)
Anthropic at It Again… This Time Sued for ‘Unauthorized Training’ on Swift and Carey Songs
The copyright dispute surrounding the artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic is spreading beyond the publishing industry into the pop music industry. As major global music companies have filed…
Politics (Global)
With Approval Ratings in the 30s… A High-Stakes Gamble on a “N·E·W” Approach: Young, Fast, and Left-Leaning
Approval ratings have fallen to the 30% range, and criticism of “policy incompetence” surrounding real estate, asset markets, and the criminal justice system has intensified. It had become difficult t…
Society (Global)
Natural Dam Blocking Upper Reaches of River "Bursts"... Second Round of Flooding Becomes a Reality in Nepal
Nepalese police announced on the 28th that a landslide-dammed lake on the Tibetan side of the border with China had burst, causing flooding. A landslide-dammed lake is a naturally formed lake created …
Stocks
"Do You Want to Get Hit by a Bomb Like Korea?"… Japan Avoids Becoming an "Ant's Grave"
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has stated that the sale in Japan of leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) targeting individual stocks established overseas is “inappropriate in the public interest.…
Policy
A 'Stern Warning' Issued Amid South Korea's Semiconductor Boom
Japan’s Asahi Shimbun assessed that while the South Korean economy is enjoying a boom in semiconductor exports, structural issues are preventing the benefits from spreading throughout the broader econ…
Management
SK’s U.S. Investments and Assets to Exceed 62 Trillion Won by 2030… “Indiana Is Just the Beginning”
SK Hynix’s first U.S. production hub for High-Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is emerging as a key project in U.S.-South Korea cooperation aimed at rebuilding the U.S. artificial intelligence (AI) and semicond…