19 Aug 2026, 14:35 UTC300 views2 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇰🇷 KDI lifts 2026 growth forecast
South Korea’s state-run Korea Development Institute on Wednesday raised its 2026 growth outlook to 3.2% from 2.5%, citing stronger global demand tied to the AI boom. The revision reflects sustained semiconductor demand, higher exports, and expanding facility investment in South Korea; KDI also lifted its 2027 forecast to 2.2% from 1.7%.
KDI expects export volumes to rise 8.7% in 20…
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19 Aug 2026, 13:33 UTC285 views5 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Builds Gold Settlement Platform
The Hong Kong Gold Exchange and TGX Technology have formed a joint venture to build a gold trading, clearing and settlement platform in Hong Kong, with launch targeted for next year. The project, announced as the city pushes to expand its bullion market, will draw on technology partners including Alibaba Cloud and Hundsun Technologies.
The new Hong Kong Gold Exchange Tra…
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19 Aug 2026, 12:33 UTC253 views6 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇰🇭 Demining Aid Cuts Hit Cambodia
Cambodian and regional demining groups are facing possible closure as donor funding shifts toward newer conflicts, threatening operations in Cambodia and across Southeast Asia. A South China Morning Post report details the funding squeeze affecting efforts to remove wartime landmines and unexploded ordnance.
The pressure comes despite decades of unresolved contamination from past w…
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19 Aug 2026, 11:34 UTC251 views5 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇰🇷🇺🇸🇰🇵 Drill Cut Seen Opening Talks
South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said in Seoul on Wednesday that the reduced South Korea-US Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise could create space for US-North Korea dialogue. His comments followed Seoul and Washington’s decision to cut short the annual drills to Friday, ending the 11-day exercise one week early.
Chung made the remarks at a parliamentary committee me…
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19 Aug 2026, 10:31 UTC249 views9 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇨🇳🇹🇼 Beijing Defends United Front
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday described united front work as a form of “great unity and alliance” aimed at building ties and seeking common ground, responding to recent criticism from Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council. Spokesperson Zhu Fenglian made the remarks at a regular press briefing in Beijing, while accusing the DPP administration of obstructing cross-strait exch…
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19 Aug 2026, 09:32 UTC255 views6 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇨🇳 Chang’e-7 Nears Launch
China’s Chang’e-7 probe and the Long March-5 Y14 rocket were vertically transferred to the launch area at the Wenchang space launch site on Aug. 19, with launch planned in the coming days, according to an official update. The spacecraft and rocket had arrived at the site in April and July respectively and completed assembly and testing work.
The mission targets breakthroughs in lunar soft …
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19 Aug 2026, 08:35 UTC266 views7 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇨🇳 LandSpace Recovers Zhuque-3 Booster
China’s private rocket firm LandSpace recovered the first stage of its 66.1-metre Zhuque-3 rocket after launch from the Dongfeng Commercial Space Innovation Pilot Zone, with the booster landing in Gansu, about 390 km from the pad. The test made LandSpace one of the few private companies to land an orbital-class booster, alongside SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Reusable booster recove…
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19 Aug 2026, 07:33 UTC321 views9 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇯🇵🇨🇳 Japan Scrambles Over Chinese Aircraft
Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force scrambled fighters after two Chinese military aircraft operated over the East China Sea near Nagasaki’s Danjo Islands and waters off Okinawa’s main island on Aug. 18, according to Japan’s Defense Ministry, which reported the flights ran from morning to afternoon. The aircraft were identified as a Y-9 intelligence-gathering plane and a TB-001 r…
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19 Aug 2026, 06:31 UTC273 views10 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇰🇷🇺🇸 Seoul Sees Pressure Behind Drill Cut
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Aug. 19 that President Donald Trump’s order to curb joint military drills appeared partly aimed at pressuring Seoul over support for US efforts in the Iran war and over unresolved investment issues. The South Korea-US annual exercises will be shortened to five days from 11, with some field training scaled back after Trump ordere…
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19 Aug 2026, 05:31 UTC317 views11 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇰🇷 US Defence Tour Reassures Allies
Senior US defence officials are visiting Manila, Seoul and Tokyo to reassure treaty allies after Donald Trump’s remarks about reducing military drills raised doubts over US commitments in Asia, according to a report on the regional tour. The outreach comes as concerns also build over the diversion of US military assets amid the Iran war.
The visits target three frontline US s…
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18 Aug 2026, 14:43 UTC418 views10 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇰🇷🇲🇲 KG Mobility Enters Myanmar
South Korea’s KG Mobility said it aims to sell 1,000 SUVs in Myanmar this year after launching its brand in the market, according to a company statement. The company will export the all-electric Torres EVX and Musso EV pickup as CKD kits, which will be assembled locally by Super Seven Stars Group for domestic sale.
The move adds Myanmar to KG Mobility’s export expansion strategy as t…
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18 Aug 2026, 13:40 UTC382 views5 reactionsread 20 August 2026 🇮🇩 Indonesia Expands Cloud Seeding
Indonesia is expanding cloud-seeding operations to contain wildfire damage in Kalimantan as a strong El Nino intensifies dry conditions. Authorities have conducted 252 missions between 2021 and August 2026, and government and independent estimates cited by reported figures show more than 100,000ha burned in the first half of the year, with Nusantara Atlas putting the total above 28…
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