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Business
From Abe to Outer Space, Can Japan’s Military Techno-Nationalism Survive?
Japan has often been regarded as the forerunner and indeed the very apogee of techno-nationalism in Asia. In the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa eras, Japan was the first Asian state to industrialize and rise to great-power status, largely due to national policies encouraging importation, indigenization and wielding modern technologies. In…
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East Asia
Data, Rivalry and Government Power: Machine Learning Is Changing Everything
It wasn’t that long ago that the digital economy was thought to float on a plane above conventional geopolitics and economics. The global Internet, aspiring to be “free and open” and surprisingly close to that in reality, was a general-purpose technology as revolutionary as the internal combustion engine, telephony, electricity…
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East Asia
Techno-Nationalism vs. the Fourth Industrial Revolution
What is the impact of techno-nationalism on global innovation? Does it advance, protect or impede it? Over the coming two decades, the answers may determine the economic success, competitiveness and geostrategic position not only of Asian nations but much of the world. We are at a historical inflection point.…
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The US, China and ‘Technology War’
Although Donald Trump’s “trade war” against China has consumed much of the world’s attention throughout 2018 and into 2019, policy communities on all sides appear to agree that old-fashioned trade frictions are really just an appetizer ahead of the main course: a looming “technology war” between the two great powers.…
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Chinese startups dream of AI-driven everyday life
Arguably, science and technology are all about creating a better life, greater convenience and a safer environment for people. And that’s what many Chinese startups at a recent tech fair have in mind — to make a significant impact on everyday life. With a focus on artificial intelligence (AI), Reconova,…
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Kumho Asiana to sell flagship unit for fresh loans
Cash-strapped Kumho Asiana Group on Monday submitted a new package of self-rescue measures, including the sale of its flagship airline unit, in a desperate move to get additional financial help from its creditors. Kumho Asiana’s creditors, led by the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), will hold a meeting to review…
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Samsung says Galaxy Fold preorders fully booked in U.S.
Samsung Electronics Co. started preorders for the Galaxy Fold in the United States but closed it due to limited supplies and high demand for the new device, the South Korean electronics maker said Monday. Samsung said it started accepting reservations for advance orders of its first foldable device for American…
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East Asia
Trump says 3rd summit with N.K. leader would be good
U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the third summit with Kim Jong-un would be “good,” after the North Korean leader expressed openness to another meeting. Trump’s tweet came in response to Kim’s speech to the North’s parliament on Friday, during which he said he would be willing to hold…
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East Asia
Free education
Success will depend on how to secure outlays The country can no longer delay providing free education for high school students. That is why the Moon Jae-in administration has decided to begin this program for seniors in the fall semester this year. The government and ruling party made the decision…
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S. Korea: Constitutional Court rules against abortion ban after 66 years
The Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that the country’s strict abortion ban is unconstitutional, a landmark decision that signals major change in various aspects of society. The nine-justice panel made the ruling in a 7-2 vote, in response to a 2017 complaint filed by an obstetrician standing trial for performing multiple…
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