
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia intelligence brief covers the Quad's three concrete deliverables in Delhi, South Korea's KOSPI resuming to a record 8,047, SoftBank...
May 26, 2026From the Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Mumbai exchanges to the yuan, yen and rupee, Asia’s markets set the tone for global capital. The Rio Times tracks the indices, currencies, central-bank moves and capital flows across Asia-Pacific through an emerging-market lens – and what they mean for Latin American assets that rise and fall with Asian demand.

Asia intelligence brief covers the Quad's three concrete deliverables in Delhi, South Korea's KOSPI resuming to a record 8,047, SoftBank...
May 26, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers the Quad foreign ministers' Delhi meeting, Japan's Nikkei record, Taiwan's all-time high, China's rally, India's rupee,...
May 25, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers Japan core CPI four-year low, Taiwan arms pause dispute, Indonesia Danantara commodity centralisation, China NDRC tech...
May 22, 2026
The Dow set a record close at 50,285.66 even as the Philly Fed manufacturing index collapsed to -0.4 (consensus 17.6)...
May 22, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers Putin leaving Beijing without a gas deal, Trump's Taiwan arms move, Japan export surge, Samsung strike...
May 21, 2026
Oil crashed 5.7% after President Trump said Iran negotiations are in "final stages" and three supertankers left the Strait of...
May 21, 2026
Stellantis unveils a strategy to share idle European plants with Chinese carmakers, a shift with stakes for South America, where...
May 20, 2026
Asia intelligence brief covers Samsung 47,000-worker strike, PBOC record-low rate hold, Philippines corruption scandal, rupee at fresh low, Japan bond...
May 20, 2026
30-year Treasury yield hits 5.19%, highest in nearly 19 years, as S&P 500 posts third straight loss. Canada CPI collapses...
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