South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the National Assembly in Seoul on Nov 4, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Chung Sung-Jun) South Korea will triple spending on artificial intelligence and make its biggest defence budget increase in six years, President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday (Nov 4) in his annual parliamentary budget speech. Lee said 10.1 trillion won (US$7 billion) would go towards "a major transformation aimed at propelling South Korea into the ranks of the

FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services. Shares of Broadcom rose more than 10 per cent. The companies said on Monday that OpenAI would design the chips, which Broadcom w

Malaysia Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz announces fast-track licences for manufacturing projects and a bigger kitty for government co-investment that can be tapped by Malaysian SMEs. Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong speaking at the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) joint investment forum at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on Oct 14, 2025. (Photo: CNA/Lim Li Ting) New measures are being rolled out in the

Guangzhou Industrial Technology will return to Area B of the China Import and Export Fair Complex from 4 – 6 March 2026. A key annual event for South China's manufacturing sector, the fair's 2026 edition will expand its robotics coverage, showcasing the full value chain from components and advanced technologies to system integration. Situated in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (Greater Bay Area), one of China’s leading production hubs, the event connects techno

Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated at the fastest pace in three years in the third quarter, with manufacturing and business activity cushioning the economy against higher tariffs that took effect early August. Gross domestic product rose 8.23% in the July-September period from a year earlier, according to data from the National Statistics Office in Hanoi on Monday. That’s faster than the 7.15% median estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Second-quarter growth was rev

FILE PHOTO: A Foxconn electric two-wheeler powertrain system is displayed at Foxconn’s annual tech day in Taipei, Taiwan October 8, 2024. REUTERS/Ann Wang/File Photo Taiwan’s Foxconn said its board of directors has approved an investment plan to procure equipment for a AI compute cluster and a supercomputing centre, that will allow it to spend up to NT$42 billion ($1.37 billion). The investment will be made from December 2025 to December 2026 using its own funds, the company

With just one week remaining, the countdown is on for Asia Photonics Expo 2026 (APE 2026), the continent's premier event dedicated to driving innovation at the critical intersection of photonics and semiconductors. The highly anticipated event will take place from 4-6 February 2026 at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore . Under the theme “ Driving Innovation Where Photonics Meets Semiconductors ,” APE 2026 will showcase leading technologies across optical communic

1. Precision motion technology has come a long way. In your view, how has the definition of “precision” evolved over the last decade—and what does it mean today? If we look back about a decade ago, precision was often defined at the micron level — achieving micro-level accuracy was considered advanced. But today, that benchmark has shifted dramatically. We’re now talking about nanometrelevel control, which has become the new standard in high-performance motion systems. It’s a

Exhibitor interest in SPS – Smart Production Solutions Guangzhou 2026 continues to surge. With booth space filling rapidly ahead of the event's March opening, only limited availability remains. Running 4 – 6 March 2026 in Hall B of the China Import and Export Fair Complex, the smart manufacturing exhibition continues to draw support from technology suppliers and industrial buyers across China, and in 2026 will feature new product debuts and an expanded fringe programme, bolst

Over 200 participants gathered at the Plant Maintenance Convention 2025 The heavy manufacturing sectors of Malaysia spanning Oil & Gas, Power Generation, and Chemicals face a silent but staggering threat: unplanned downtime that costs the industry an estimated RM 15-20 billion annually. Despite billions invested in assets, plants continue to suffer unpredictable shutdowns, severely impacting operational efficiency and profitability. In response, Motion Technology Company ,