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Twenty-Five Years to First Delivery: What the KF-21 Boramae Milestone Means for South Korea's Aerospace Industry
The first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae reached the Air Force on Sept. 22, 2026, closing a 25-year indigenous fighter effort and opening the export question with Indonesia.
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Samsung E&A Wins 4.7 Trillion-Won EPC Contract for SABIC Fertilizer Plant in Saudi Arabia
Samsung E&A signed a 4.7 tln-won ($3.5 bln) EPC contract for the SAN-7 fertilizer plant in Jubail with SABIC Agri-Nutrients, due for completion in 2030.
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Uzbekistan Bets $1.56 Billion on Waste-Fired Power: Eleven Plants, Two Commissioning Waves
Six waste-to-energy projects worth $933 mln move ahead in Uzbekistan in 2026-2027, with five more worth $625 mln under review, per a presidential statement.
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Rosoboronexport Signs Over $13 Billion in New Arms Contracts in H1 2026, Matching All of 2025
Rosoboronexport signed over $13 billion of new export contracts in H1 2026, equal to all of 2025, with a portfolio above $60 billion, its chief said in Egypt.
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Hanwha Aerospace Wins U.S. Army Contract Worth Up to $262.9 Million for K9-Based Artillery Prototypes
Hanwha's U.S. unit will deliver six wheeled K9-based Mobile Tactical Cannon prototypes, with an option for 12 more, worth up to $262.9 million.
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Russian Helicopters to Deliver 21 Mi-171 Helicopters to Iran's Red Crescent Society
The Rostec-owned holding signed documents for 21 Mi-171 helicopters for Iran's national Red Crescent Society, with first deliveries planned for 2027.
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Middle East Hotel Pipeline Hits Record 717 Projects as Saudi Arabia Leads the Build-Out
Middle East hotel pipeline hit a record 717 projects and 177,110 rooms in Q1 2026, up 12% y/y; Saudi Arabia holds 385 projects, Lodging Econometrics says.
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Japan Finalizes AU$10 Billion Frigate Deal With Australia, Its First Warship Export
Japan finalized an AU$10 billion deal to build three upgraded Mogami-class frigates for Australia, its first warship export, with delivery from 2029.
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The Fertilizer Front of the Iran War: Hormuz Closure and the 10-Billion-Meal Question
A third of world fertilizer trade runs through Hormuz; its closure has lifted prices 80% and threatens yields, credit and food security across 2026.
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South Korea Puts the President in the Chair: The 30-Million-Visitor Bet and the Overhaul Behind It
After a record 18.93 million foreign visitors in 2025, President Lee Jae Myung chairs the first tourism strategy meeting led by a president since 2019, targeting 30 million inbound visitors a year early.
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Celltrion Completes Acquisition of Eli Lilly's New Jersey Biopharmaceutical Plant
Celltrion closed the 460 bn won purchase of Eli Lilly's New Jersey plant and signed a 678.7 bn won CMO deal with Lilly through 2029.
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Three Billion Dollars of Fish: How Russia's Seafood Trade With China Ended 2025
Russian fish and seafood exports to China reached $3 bln in 11M 2025, up 10%, on a record pollock catch, surimi growth and a herring surge, the Fish Union said.
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Korea Zinc and Washington to Jointly Invest US$6.8 Billion in a Critical Metals Refinery in Tennessee
Korea Zinc's board approved a JV with the U.S. government to build a $6.8 billion critical metals refinery in Clarksville, Tennessee, operating from 2029.
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The Tungsten Race: How 2025 Turned a Cheap Industrial Metal Into a Strategic Queue
China's February 2025 tungsten export controls met a year of US financing letters, price-floor debates and bilateral minerals clauses aimed at building supply outside Beijing.
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Battle for Survival: French Winegrowers Demand a Rescue Before a Fifth of Farms Close
After five stacked shocks and harvests among the worst in 70 years, French winegrowers demanded state rescue ahead of a late-November 2025 crisis meeting.
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Argentina's $7 Billion Grain Tax Experiment Lasted Two Days
Argentina's Sept 22 suspension of grain export taxes hit its $7 bn cap in two days; China booked 10+ soy cargoes as US farmers stayed shut out.
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Record Month After Record Month: How New Liquefaction Capacity Made the US the Swing Supplier of Global Gas
US LNG exports hit an all-time 9.33 million tons in August 2025 as Plaquemines ramped up and Europe took two thirds of cargoes, LSEG data show.
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Half of China's Rail Bridge to Europe Now Crosses Two Xinjiang Checkpoints
Alashankou and Horgos passed 10,000 combined China-Europe train trips by late July 2025 - over half of China's total - with cargo up 3.7% and 20.3%.
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The 50% Letter: How a Tariff Threat Met a Disease-Scarced Orange Juice Market
Orange juice futures jumped nearly 40% in a month after the July 2025 Brazil tariff threat, landing on a market already scarred by citrus greening.
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Korea Aerospace Industries Signs US$700 Million Contract to Supply 12 FA-50 Light Attack Aircraft to the Philippines
KAI signed a US$700 million contract with the Philippine defense ministry for 12 FA-50 light attack fighters to be delivered by 2030, the second FA-50 round for Manila.
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The Rice Floor: Why Global Prices Stopped Falling and Why No Rebound Is Coming in 2025
After a third of value lost, rice prices hold in a $10 band around $390/t: Indian stocks, monsoon, rupee and the state procurement price form four anchors.
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If a Tree Falls in Canada: The Tariff Wall Closing on the North American Lumber Trade
Softwood duties rising to 34.45% and a possible extra 25% tariff meet a British Columbia forestry sector already crippled by its own regulatory tangle and a US housing deficit.
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South Korea's Dried Seaweed Exports Hit Record $281 Million in Q1 2025
Gim exports rose 21.1% to $281 mln in Q1 2025, the highest first quarter ever, with the US, China, Thailand and Japan all growing, data showed on April 21.
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Dubai Heads for a Record Handover Year: 38,174 New Homes and Values Up by a Third
ValuStrat sees Dubai handing over a record 38,174 homes in 2024 as villa values rise 33.4% a year and off-plan deals jump 61.4%.
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Palladium's 2024 Deficit Ballooned Past a Million Ounces as Supply Disappoints
WPIC sees a 1.28 Moz palladium deficit in 2024, over 1 Moz above its first forecast, with the surplus pushed to 2026 as mine and scrap supply disappoint.
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Bangladesh's Export Engine Holds Its Pace: 47.5 Billion Dollars in Ten Months, Garments First
Bangladesh earned 47.47 billion dollars from exports in July-April of fiscal 2023-24, up 3.93%, with ready-made garments supplying 40.49 billion of the total.
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Godrej Properties Posts Best-Ever Year: FY24 Bookings Jump 84% to Rs 22,527 Crore
Godrej Properties' FY24 bookings rose 84% to Rs 22,527 crore and net profit to Rs 725 crore — the highest annual sales by any listed Indian developer to date.
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