Most small businesses in Southeast Asia already run on WhatsApp. Orders arrive there, suppliers send invoices there, staff send photos of receipts there. So when owners hear “AI”, the first idea is us...

It’s the company’s first hot-swappable hall effect board, too....

I’m the founder of MyStarChain, which runs blockchain-based public voting for awards, pageants and competitions through the MyStarPick platform. In August my team ran the public vote for the 70th Miss...

Picture a leadership meeting that goes like this. The air conditioner in the corner of the 22nd-floor boardroom had a faint, high-pitched metallic whine. Outside the glass, the heat off Robinson Road ...

Indonesia has never lacked halal ambition. What it lacks is money willing to back that ambition. Two weeks ago, at the 13th Indonesia Sharia Economic Festival (ISEF) in Jakarta, a coalition of regulat...

Singapore’s data centres keep roughly 160 MWh of battery capacity on permanent standby, charged and waiting for a blackout that almost never comes. For an island that imports nearly all its fuel and i...

Indonesia’s sharia P2P lending sector looks different in 2026 than it did when Dana Syariah Indonesia and a cohort of sharia-compliant fintechs scaled between 2018 and 2022. The sector that aimed to b...

GoTo has now reported a net profit for three quarters in a row. Read past the headline, though, and the numbers show a company run by its payments arm, while its ride-hailing business absorbs the cost...

As Battery energy storage (BES) investment scales toward US$5 trillion, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) is positioning Hong Kong as Asia’s launchpad for materials, integrati...

It’s been six years since the first HomePod mini, so now we are getting a much-needed update to keep it fresh....

Garmin’s latest endurance smartwatch offers up to 90 days of battery life in smartwatch mode with solar charging, alongside faster map rendering and enhanced navigation features....

Speaking in Doha on 28 October 2026 at the United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Forum 2026 panel, “Investing in AI for an Inclusive Digital Future”, Ant International CEO Pen...

Personal information of hundreds of customers at cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been leaked in a recent cyberattack, industry sources said Thursday. Bithumb reported a data breach in its in-house...

JB Financial Group brought together strategic partners at its annual forum to expand cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) and fintech, the company said Thursday. The group held its second annua...

Lotte Shopping, a retail affiliate of Korea's Lotte Group, said Thursday it has agreed to sell a department store in the southeastern port city of Busan to rival Shinsegae Group as part of its busines...

Dongwon Industries, Korea’s leading seafood conglomerate, has deployed a state-of-the-art 2,000-ton fishing vessel equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) and aerial drones to track tuna schools an...

Korea’s four largest financial groups — KB, Shinhan, Hana and Woori — have shown strong earnings for the third quarter of this year, posting a combined 5.76 trillion won ($4.31 billion) in net profit....

Hyosung Group Chairman Cho Hyun-joon called for a fundamental overhaul of work practices and a more resilient corporate culture, Thursday, urging employees to remain steadfast in pursuing their goals ...

Korean defense firm Hanwha Aerospace said Thursday it swung to a net loss in the third quarter, weighed down by delayed weapons deliveries and one-off costs. The company posted a net loss of 36.7 bill...

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced Thursday that it had ended negotiations with a consortium of Daewoo E&C and Doosan Enerbility over a construction contract for a 26 trillion won ($19.4 bil...

Fines and stricter regulations are no panacea for a growing wave of suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted cyberattacks targeting Korea's financial sector, a cybersecurity expert said Thursda...

The 25th Seoul International Cafe Show will open Nov. 11 for a four-day run at Coex in Seoul. This year’s event aims to strengthen its position as a global coffee business platform, bringing together ...

A decade after it exited the country, Mirae Asset Securities is set to reenter Japan through its acquisition of local brokerage Sanko Securities, as it looks to expand its presence in a market where r...

The 2026 Korea Tuning Car Festival kicks off Friday for a two-day run at Gimcheon Sports Town in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, bringing together customized vehicles, off-road performance showca...

Doosan Enerbility Co. said Thursday it has secured a contract from U.S.-based small modular reactor (SMR) developer NuScale Power to supply a key reactor component, expanding their cooperation into co...

The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said Thursday it dispatched a delegation of Korean consumer goods companies to the United Arab Emirates and Morocco from Monday to Thursday to support ...

Kolmar Korea, a cosmetics developer and manufacturer, said Thursday it has developed a hyaluronic acid powder that melts and is absorbed when rubbed onto the skin, the first such product in Korea. The...

Krafton Chairman Chang Byung-gyu urged aspiring entrepreneurs to venture beyond familiar territory, arguing that breakthroughs often begin when people abandon comfortable paths and embrace uncertainty...

Hyundai Motor posted modest growth in its operating profit for the third quarter, as stronger sales of higher-value vehicles, particularly hybrids, and favorable exchange rates helped offset productio...

LG Uplus, one of Korea’s major telecommunications carriers, said Thursday that two of its research papers on making mobile artificial intelligence (AI) run faster while consuming less smartphone batte...