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Shunkai has established operational quantum infrastructure. Evidence of an accessible customer market still depends on disclosed users, allocation, pricing and service terms.
29 September 2026 · Japan · Singapore · Korea

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Australia has bought a Japanese frigate design. The politically important industrial promise is that later ships will be built domestically, subject to Henderson’s consolidation. The designated yard is currently proving itself on much simpler vessels.
1 October 2026 · Australia · Japan

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PP TUNAS requires electronic-system operators to assess and file their child-safety risk profile. Services classified as network and social-media services must deactivate under-16 accounts unless the minister decides otherwise. Komdigi said TikTok had already deactivated about 1.7 million accounts in Indonesia.
22 September 2026 · Indonesia · ASEAN

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TSMC is adding packaging capacity rapidly, but C.C. Wei still says packaging is limiting customers’ growth. SK hynix is shipping HBM4 under long-term contracts while demand still exceeds supply. Tokyo Electron’s HBM tools sit in the manufacturing layer that helps the join yield.
24 September 2026 · Korea · Taiwan · Japan

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Apple Pay went live in the Philippines on Visa and Mastercard cards. National payment rails already give consumers a cashless default from a bank account or participating app.
17 September 2026 · Philippines · India · Thailand · Indonesia · ASEAN

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Southeast Asia's AI opportunity is partly constrained by the fragmented data companies are trying to run models on. Snowflake is selling infrastructure for that problem, as firms move from experimenting with AI to putting it into the business.
15 September 2026 · Singapore · Indonesia · Malaysia · Thailand · ASEAN