Thailand is fast emerging as a critical hub for high-end electronics manufacturing, as global supply chains shift and demand for AI computing power accelerates.

Rapidtek Technologies said its second 8U Internet-of-Things CubeSat, Black Kite-2, developed under a startup satellite program led by Taiwan Space Agency (TASA), has successfully established communications with ground stations after reaching orbit, marking an incremental but significant step in Taiwan’s low-Earth-orbit (LEO) ambitions.

Evergreen Marine Corp. said rising international oil prices driven by Middle East hostilities are expected to push up fuel cost ratios in the second quarter of 2026, complicating voyage planning and clouding demand into the fourth quarter. Pre-peak season ordering is supporting operations into the middle of the year, but elevated fuel costs and geopolitical spillovers have heightened full-year uncertainty.