Japan and South Korea have agreed to deepen cooperation on energy security and supply chain resilience, placing crude oil, petroleum products, LNG, and critical industrial materials at the centre of a wider effort to manage geopolitical shocks from the Middle East to North Korea.

Nio reported a return to operating profitability in the first quarter of 2026, marking its second consecutive profitable quarter as revenue and deliveries surged on stronger demand and an improved product mix.

AMD CEO Lisa Su arrived in Taiwan on May 20, 2026, on a private jet and largely followed the same itinerary as her April 2025 visit, including a meeting with TSMC, a technology forum and dinner with Taiwan supply chain partners, and an about one-hour summit forum. This time, AMD also made the rare announcement that it will invest more than US$10 billion in Taiwan’s industrial ecosystem to accelerate AI infrastructure buildout.