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The top military officer of the United States stressed the importance of security cooperation among South Korea, the U.S. and Japan to reestablish deterrence against an "unprecedented" military buildup by North Korea and China.

Most of China's key economic indicators will be released next week, with a big focus on GDP. Other data highlights include Japanese CPI, trade and core machinery orders, South Korean unemployment, and Singaporean GDP. Also, Bank Indonesia is expected to stand pat

The U.S. is urging South Korea to join its efforts to limit China's expanding influence in the shipbuilding sector during trade discussions. The U.S. seeks bilateral cooperation but requires Seoul to curb China in other areas as a precondition.

Births have risen for 10 consecutive months, but the world's lowest fertility rate remains far below replacement levels.

In the escalating US-China tensions, China's aggressive drive to boost domestic semiconductor production—coupled with a sweeping "trade-in" subsidy program—has led to a surge of orders flowing to South Korean 8-inch wafer foundries,