The US sees the participation of other top producers of chipmaking equipment as essential to making its sweeping chip export controls against China effective

President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday that if nuclear threats from Pyongyang grow South Korea would either build nuclear weapons or ask the US to deploy them again on the peninsula

The Japanese yen shot up in early trading on Friday morning and Asian markets also rose, after US data showed a fall in inflation on Thursday

The arrest of alleged drug dealer Tun Min Latt by Thai police has exposed the tycoon's close links to Myanmar's senior general Min Aung Hlaing and two of his adult children

Trade between Russia and China jumped in 2022, with Russia more than doubling its rail exports of liquefied petroleum gas to China last year

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to meet US President Joe Biden on Friday, with a focus on chip export controls, critical technologies, global economy and joint security issues

The $966 million from Singapore's GIC and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is the biggest foreign investment in a South Korean content company

Australia's energy minister Chris Bowen says the $20-billion solar mega project is likely to go ahead with a new funding structure

Revenue Intelligence officials say Samsung India Electronics misclassified networking devices called remote radio heads to avoid basic customs duty

Firms from Hyundai Motor to BYD are set to focus on electric cars, while Maruti Suzuki and Toyota Motor are expected to also showcase hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles

Several Tesla owners in Shanghai also said they felt misled by Tesla sales staff who told them they would face higher prices in the new year

Rate hikes by central banks, plus Russia's war in Ukraine are causing a major economic slowdown that will hit emerging markets hard, the bank says. It forecast global growth of just 1.7% this year