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hyundai’s concept three EV glows with lemon-tinted glass and parametric pixels
Design Boom
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September 9, 2025
Concept THREE Marks Hyundai’s Comeback to Europe Hyundai Motor returns to Europe’s largest mobility event after a four-year absence with the unveiling of Concept THREE, a compact electric vehicle (EV) concept under its IONIQ sub-brand, at IAA...
Is Vietnam Becoming the New Thailand?
The Diplomat
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September 9, 2025
If we go back to the year 2015, Thailand was in the midst of a major export boom, running a current account surplus of $28 billion. The following year the surplus jumped to $43 billion. Thailand maintained these large current account surpluses,...
Virtual Asset Services Act: Shaping Taiwan’s Digital Assets Future
Taiwan Business Topics
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September 9, 2025
A draft law now before the government marks Taiwan’s most comprehensive effort yet to regulate its virtual asset market. BY YVONNE LIU AND PAUL CHANG In response to the rapid development of virtual assets and innovations in financial technology,...
Hyundai "rethinks the compact EV from the ground up" with Concept Three
Dezeen
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September 9, 2025
South Korean carmaker Hyundai has unveiled a compact EV concept designed specifically for driving in European cities, whose swooping form was determined by the properties of steel. Released under the manufacturer's electric sub-brand Ioniq, the...
Malaysia's chairmanship of Asean provides greater clarity, purpose, says sec-gen Dr Kao
The Malaysian Star
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September 9, 2025
MELAKA: Malaysia’s chairmanship of Asean under the theme of “Inclusivity and Sustainability” has marked important milestones this year, says Asean secretary-general Dr Kao Kim Hourn. Speaking at the 19th Asean Ministerial Meeting on Transnational...
Mandarin Oriental announces its entry into the South Korean market
Travel Weekly
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September 4, 2025
Mandarin Oriental has announced its entry into the South Korean market with the development of a new luxury hotel in Seoul, scheduled to open in 2030. The boutique-style property brings the Group’s legendary hospitality and refined design to one...
South Korean AI Tech Revolutionizes 6G with Semantic Communication
WebProNews
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September 2, 2025
In the bustling labs of South Korea’s tech hubs, a quiet revolution is underway that could redefine how computers process information, drawing inspiration from the human brain’s knack for grasping context over raw data. Researchers at Seoul...
Polish industry, gov targets teaming agreements from Europe
Breaking Defense
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September 9, 2025
WARSAW — As DSEI gets underway in London, a number of European firms are still watching the ink dry on new agreements with Polish firms inked in the last week. This year’s International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Poland saw a number of...
Empyrion Digital Leverages Nortek DCC's StatePoint® Liquid Cooling Technology to Power South Korea's Next-Gen, AI-Ready Data Centre
Korea Herald
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September 4, 2025
Advanced cooling technology enables energy and water efficiency, further supporting Empyrion's commitment to sustainable, green-by-design digital infrastructure SINGAPORE and SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Empyrion Digital, a...
(LEAD) S. Korean delegation in U.S. for talks on details of tariff deal: officials
Yonhap News Agency
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September 9, 2025
(ATTN: ADDS more info in last 3 paras, photo) SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) -- A working-level South Korean trade delegation is currently on a visit to the United States for talks on the details of a framework trade deal reached between the two...
Hashed & Salted: Vol. 4, Issue 4
JD Supra - California
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September 9, 2025
Hashed & Salted | A Privacy and Data Security Update California Gets Regulations In Under the Wire, But Legislation Stalls! As the Summer of Privacy fades into fall, California is—unsurprisingly—in the privacy news. The California Privacy...
MSPO 2025: South Korean Hyundai HR-Sherpa unmanned vehicle moves from prototype to battlefield readiness
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information disclosed by Hyundai Rotem to Army Recognition on September 3, 2025, the South Korean defense manufacturer unveiled the production version of its HR-SHERPA unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) at the MSPO defense exhibition in...
How American Tech Made China an Economic Superpower
Damage Magazine
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September 9, 2025
Review of Patrick McGee, Apple in China: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company (Scribner, 2025). China’s rise as the manufacturing center of the world has been nothing short of miraculous. Since the start of the reform period in 1978,...
Can recycling advancements get black rigid plastics off packaging’s blacklist?
Packaging Dive
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Black rigid plastic is a familiar packaging substrate in the United States, used to manufacture the likes of takeout food trays, to-go coffee cup lids and cosmetics tubs. What happens to those items at their end of life is less understood by the...
Chile’s Cono Sur targets Asian markets as demand for Pinot Noir grows
The Drinks Business
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September 9, 2025
Chilean powerhouse Viña Cono Sur is tapping into growing awareness and demand for Pinot Noir in Asia to grow its presence in markets including South Korea, China, Japan and Taiwan. Pinot Noir is notoriously difficult to cultivate — it’s sensitive...
MSPO 2025: South Korean Hyundai WIA 105mm howitzer offers shoot and scoot firepower for rapid reaction units
Defense News Security News Army Recognition
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According to information collected by Army Recognition at MSPO 2025 in Kielce, Poland, Hyundai WIA presented its new 105mm light self-propelled howitzer, a highly mobile artillery system designed for rapid-deployment forces and airborne...
Premier US Army CBRNE command supports Ulchi Freedom Shield in South Korea
DVIDS - Georgia
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September 3, 2025
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – The U.S. military’s premier Joint Task Force-capable Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) formation participated in Exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 2025 in South Korea, Aug. 18 – 28, 2025....
Xi to display Chinese military power at Beijing parade with allied leaders
GCN
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September 9, 2025
China’s President Xi Jinping has deliberately paired the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin and a large military parade in Beijing, with guests including Russia’s Vladimir Putin, North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, as well as the...
Tesla captures 30% of South Korea’s imported car market with unprecedented sales growth
Notebook Check
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September 3, 2025
The electric Tesla Model Y SUV tops sales chart in South Korea (Image source: Tesla) Tesla hit a new milestone in South Korea as its models claimed the top three spots in August 2025 imported car sales. The EV maker contributed 30% of imports,...
Seoul Medical Center holds special health screenings for people with disabilities
Kyunghyang Shinmun
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September 5, 2025
Medical staff at Seoul Medical Center conduct health screenings for people with disabilities on September 4. / Courtesy of the Purme Foundation A man with developmental disabilities, identified as Mr. A, paced back and forth along a hospital...