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The $2.5B Chip Smuggling Case That Shook Nvidia's Supply Chain
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The $2.5B Chip Smuggling Case That Shook Nvidia's Supply Chain

A Super Micro co-founder is accused of smuggling $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China using fake servers and forged documents. SMCI stock fell 25%. Here's what it means for export controls and the AI supply chain.

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Seoyeon Park
The Magnet Race: South Korea Bets Big on Rare Earths
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The Magnet Race: South Korea Bets Big on Rare Earths

POSCO International is building a rare earth supply chain spanning Southeast Asia and the US. Here's why this quiet industrial move carries enormous geopolitical weight.

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HK
Haneul Kim
China's Rare Earth Magnets Are Flowing to Europe, Not America
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China's Rare Earth Magnets Are Flowing to Europe, Not America

US imports of Chinese rare earth permanent magnets fell 22.5% in early 2026 — a seventh straight monthly decline — while EU shipments surged 28.4%. What's driving the split, and who's exposed?

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Haneul Kim
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America Wants to Sell You Ship Insurance. Here's Why That Matters.
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America Wants to Sell You Ship Insurance. Here's Why That Matters.

The US Development Finance Corporation is exploring war-risk insurance for vessels in contested waters. It sounds technical—but it's really about trade costs, inflation, and geopolitical leverage.

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Seoyeon Park
Africa Is Locking Up Its Lithium
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Africa Is Locking Up Its Lithium

Zimbabwe abruptly halted raw lithium exports, joining a wave of African resource nationalism that's rattling Chinese supply chains and reshaping global battery markets.

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HK
Haneul Kim
Iran War's Hidden Tax: Your Food Bill Is About to Rise
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Iran War's Hidden Tax: Your Food Bill Is About to Rise

Indonesia's pesticide prices are set to jump 20-30% as Iran war disrupts raw material supply chains. Experts warn of cascading food inflation across Asia and beyond.

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Seoyeon Park
No Helium, No Chips: Hormuz Closure Hits Asia's Fabs
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No Helium, No Chips: Hormuz Closure Hits Asia's Fabs

The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz is threatening helium and LNG supplies to South Korea and Taiwan, putting semiconductor production lines at risk. Here's what's at stake.

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Seoyeon Park
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One Strait, Every Factory: The Hormuz Chokepoint
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One Strait, Every Factory: The Hormuz Chokepoint

The U.S.-Iran war is strangling shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Asian executives warn the fallout—petrochemicals, chips, shipping—is only beginning.

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Seoyeon Park
The Sulphur Shortage Nobody's Talking About
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The Sulphur Shortage Nobody's Talking About

Gulf shipping disruptions are throttling global sulphur flows — a raw material so embedded in modern industry that its shortage ripples through fertilizers, semiconductors, and steel.

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Seoyeon Park
Taiwan's Energy Achilles' Heel Is Showing
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Taiwan's Energy Achilles' Heel Is Showing

The Iran war has exposed Taiwan's deep dependence on Middle Eastern energy — and the island makes most of the world's advanced chips. Here's what's at stake for global supply chains.

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Seoyeon Park
Nippon Steel's 10% Price Hike: Recovery Signal or a Risky Bet?
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Nippon Steel's 10% Price Hike: Recovery Signal or a Risky Bet?

Nippon Steel is raising steel sheet prices 10% from May shipments—its first hike in two years. What's driving it, who wins, who loses, and what it means for global supply chains.

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Seoyeon Park
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When Supply Chains Become Security Policy
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When Supply Chains Become Security Policy

The US is embedding economic power into its security architecture, forcing companies to rethink supply chains not as logistics problems but as geopolitical declarations.

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Seoyeon Park
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