Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief — Korea's market crashes on chip fears, US strikes on Iran lift oil, Japan's beef bowl costs...
July 8, 2026Section
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Asia-Pacific is the engine of the global economy and the main arena of US-China competition – the source of the world’s chips, the buyer of its commodities, and the swing factor in every supply chain. The Rio Times covers Asia through an emerging-market investor lens: the markets, currencies, trade policy, critical-materials leverage and the great-power contest that ripples straight into Latin America’s terms of trade. From China and India to Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, this hub gathers our daily Asia-Pacific coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.
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One Old Railway, Two Superpowers, and the Fight for the Metals That Run the Future
Angola's Lobito rail wins fresh funding as Washington and Beijing fight for Africa's cobalt and copper. What it means for...
July 8, 2026
The Ceasefire Breaks, the Oil Shock Returns, and the World Feels It All at Once
Trump calls the Iran ceasefire 'over' after tanker attacks near Hormuz. Oil jumps 6%, markets tumble, and Latin America splits...
July 8, 2026
Samsung’s Record Profit, Korea’s Sixth Crash: The AI Memory Reckoning Reaches Latin America
Samsung posted the biggest profit in tech history as Korea's market crashed. Inside the AI memory supercycle and what it...
July 7, 2026
Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief — Samsung posts record profit yet Korea's market crashes into a circuit-breaker, Shanghai slips below 4,000, and...
July 7, 2026
Submarines, Summits And The Great Rearmament: How Canada’s Choice Signals A New Security Era
Canada picked Germany's TKMS over Korea's Hanwha as NATO leaders gather in Ankara to spend 5% of GDP. Inside the...
July 7, 2026
When The Best News Becomes The Bad News: Asia’s Chip Scare And The Global AI Reckoning
Samsung posted its best-ever profit and its shares still fell nearly 7%. Why the memory-chip scare is a global AI-bubble...
July 7, 2026
A Missile, a Pact and the Ocean Where Great Powers Now Collide
China fired a submarine missile into the Pacific as Australia and Fiji sealed a defence pact. What the new ocean...
July 6, 2026Asia Intelligence Brief
Asia Intelligence Brief — Asia woke tense and watchful on Monday, from a Chinese missile arcing into the Pacific to...
July 6, 2026