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November 11, 2025
Two traders who are familiar with the matter confirmed on Tuesday that Yanchang Petroleum, a refiner backed by the Chinese provincial government and delivering crude oil between December to mid-February is not using Russian oil. Yanchang in Shaanxi province…
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November 10, 2025
The two sides have not yet released any written agreement, despite meeting just two weeks ago and announcing that they had settled months of negotiation over tariffs and other security issues. Officials in South Korea say that the apparent delay…
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November 7, 2025
European traders reported that a South Korean flour milling group purchased an estimated 50,000 tons of milling grain to be sourced in the United States at an international auction on Friday. All wheat varieties were purchased on a FOB basis.
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November 6, 2025
Philly Shipyard, owned by South Korea in the United States, does not have the capacity to build ships at the moment. Kim Min-seok, the Prime Minister of South Korea, said this on Thursday at a hearing in parliament. Donald Trump, the U.S. president, wrote on Twitter last week about his remarks.
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November 3, 2025
According to preliminary data from Kpler, OilX and Kpler, India's crude imports from Russia should have increased slightly from the previous month, despite pressure from Washington. Kpler data shows that India's Russian crude oil imports increased to 1.48 million barrels a day (bpd)…
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November 1, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping's three-day trip to South Korea will conclude on Saturday, with a dinner and summit hosted at President Lee Jae Myung's home. The newly elected U.S. ally has promised to balance Seoul’s ties to Beijing. Lee's stakes are high.
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October 31, 2025
Chinese President Xi Jinping's three-day trip to South Korea will conclude on Saturday, with a visit by President Lee Jae Myung. The newly elected U.S. ally has promised to balance Seoul’s ties to Beijing. Lee, who took office in June after…
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October 31, 2025
Marilyn Hubalde remembers hearing the roar of helicopters as they swooped over the Philippines' northernmost outpost, located less than 90 miles away from Taiwan. In April 2023, Filipino and American troops converged on a cluster of 10 emerald…
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October 30, 2025
Indian Oil, a state-run refiner, has called for initial bids on 24 million barrels from the Americas to be used in the quarter of 2026 between January and March. According to the document, the tender is looking for both low and high sulphur crude oils.
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October 29, 2025
In comments he made on his recent trip to Asia, U.S. president Donald Trump posted on social media that he had given South Korea permission to build a submarine powered by nuclear energy. Trump, who is currently in South Korea meeting with President Lee Jae Myung…
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October 29, 2025
Saudi Arabia plans to move its $925 billion sovereign fund from the focus on mega-projects in real estate that has dominated the country's development goals over the past decade, according to a source who is familiar with the plans. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MbS)…
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October 28, 2025
In talks between Prime Minister Sanae Takayi and President Donald Trump, the U.S. revealed that 20 companies were interested in key projects such as critical minerals and AI. Tokyo may have agreed to invest $550 billion in the U.S. as part of an agreement on tariffs.
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October 28, 2025
European traders reported on Tuesday that the leading South Korean feedmaker Nonghyup Feed Inc. has announced an international tender for up to 207,000 tons of animal feed grain. The deadline to submit price offers for the tender is also Tuesday 28th October.
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October 27, 2025
On Tuesday, U.S. president Donald Trump will be in Tokyo for his first trip to Japan since 2019. They are discussing security and trade. On Tuesday, Trump and Takaichi agreed to a framework that would secure the supply of critical minerals and rare earths.
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October 27, 2025
On Tuesday, U.S. president Donald Trump will be in Tokyo for his first trip to Japan since 2019. They are discussing security and trade. A source familiar with this plan has confirmed that Japan and the U.S. are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for Tokyo to expand U.S.
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October 27, 2025
The U.S. Navy reported that a U.S. Navy fighter jet and helicopter both crashed into the South China Sea in the same hour, during routine operations from the same aircraft carriers on Sunday. All personnel were unharmed. The incidents occurred while President Donald Trump visited Asia.
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October 26, 2025
The South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on Sunday that it had reached an agreement with Huntington Ingalls, a U.S. military vessel builder, to jointly construct auxiliary ships for the U.S. Navy. In order to further…
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October 20, 2025
South Korea has increased its security measures for the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit of 21 member countries next week in Gyeongju. Large-scale field drills have been held, and a higher level of terrorism-alert is being imposed.
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October 20, 2025
Australia, Britain and the United States announced that they would transfer nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in 2021. Two years later, an ambitious plan was detailed to support the U.S. effort to counter China’s naval ambitions throughout the Indo-Pacific. The U.S.
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October 16, 2025
The Chinese sanctions on U.S. Hanwha Ocean affiliates this week are intended to undermine South Korea's cooperation with the United States and "to force" Washington's Asian allies, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. State Department on Friday.
