On August 27, 2025, the labor unions of six sub-subsidiaries under South Korean internet giant Naver Corporation held a rally at Naver’s headquarters, demanding negotiations with management. Following the passage of the “Yellow Envelope” bill, South Korean businesses now expect joint actions among IT company subsidiaries to intensify.

According to Reuters and Antara, the Indonesian government has launched a Mineral Industry Agency to oversee state control of critical minerals, including rare earth elements, announced President Prabowo Subianto. Brian Yuliarto, the current Minister of Higher Education, was appointed to lead the new agency.

China’s fast-growing autonomous driving market has cemented Horizon Robotics as the country’s leading automotive chip supplier. The company posted first-half 2025 revenue of CNY1.567 billion (approx. US$219 million), a 67.6% increase from a year earlier. Founder and CEO Yu Kai said adoption is shifting from advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) to robotaxi platforms, predicting full-scale autonomous driving within five to ten years. He added that Horizon will begin collaborations with robotaxi operators in the second half of 2025.

IBM and AMD announced plans to develop next-generation computing architectures that combine quantum computers with high-performance computing (HPC), a concept known as quantum-centric supercomputing.