After nearly a year of negotiation, OpenAI has finalized a sweeping corporate restructuring that transforms its hybrid nonprofit model into a fully for-profit enterprise while granting Microsoft Corp. a US$13.5 billion stake.

Leading South Korean conglomerate heads are set to engage in intensive “corporate diplomacy” during the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, meeting with global leaders and entrepreneurs to expand international cooperation and investment opportunities.

Pegatron has launched a digital transformation training base in Kaohsiung’s Asia New Bay Area, with the intention of creating a manufacturing and technology talent pipeline in southern Taiwan. At the opening ceremony on October 28, 2025, Pegatron Chairman T.H. Tung stated that Kaohsiung is becoming increasingly important in Taiwanese firms’ southern expansion and that there is the possibility of Pegatron expanding with a second phase of investment.