Indonesian investigators on Thursday named a former education minister and co-founder of Gojek, Nadiem Makarim, a suspect in a corruption case. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Indonesian corruption court on Tuesday sentenced former Education Minister Nadiem Makarim, a co-founder of ride- hailing and payments giant Gojek, to 10 years in prison for corruption….
LIANYUNGANG, CHINA – JUNE 28: An employee works on the carbon fiber production line at the Lianyungang base of CNBM subsidiary Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. on June 28, 2026 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province of China. Wang Jianmin | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s manufacturing activity expanded faster than expected in June,…
The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images SoftBank Group plunged more than 12% on Friday, leading a broad selloff in Asian technology stocks, amid mounting concerns over the rising cost of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Japanese conglomerate led…
The SK Hynix logo is seen above a printed circuit board. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of South Korean chip giant SK Hynix surged as much as 11% on Thursday after the company said it plans to raise as much as $29.4 billion in a U.S. stock market listing. The company plans…
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia’s technology stocks rebounded on Wednesday after global equities posted steep losses in the previous session. South Korea’s semiconductor heavyweights led Wednesday’s bounce during early Asia hours….
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – 09 DECEMBER: People walk past the Korea Exchange (KRX) building, as stock markets in Asia as a whole have been affected by the intensifying political turmoil over president Yoon Suk Yeol’s role in martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, on 9 December, 2024. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), Hong…
BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 11: The national flag of China flies in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Commerce on November 11, 2025, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China imposed fresh trade restrictions on dozens of U.S. entities on Monday, retaliating against Washington’s move to add…
In this screen grab from a video released by U.S. Central Command, U.S. forces operating in the Arabian Sea enforced naval blockade measures against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port on April 19, 2026 in the Arabian Sea. U.S. Central Command | Getty Images At least three Iranian tankers carrying…
Honda Motor Co. vehicles bound for shipment at a port in Yokohama, Japan, on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. In Japan, nominal wages rose at the fastest pace in nearly three decades in December, supporting the Bank of Japan’s latest rate hike decision and keeping the bank on track for further tightening steps. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg…
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo on May 30, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s central bank on Tuesday raised its policy rate to the highest in over 30 years at 1%, in line with expectations of economists polled by Reuters, accelerating policy normalization started in 2024. This is the Bank…
