in June of 2025
Technology news from across the broad Asia region in June 2025 of course covered a massive range of applications and implementations, challenges and successes, innovations, issues and concerns; and each of these developments took place in the context of a range of established, emerging, and critical technologies, and supply chains.
Hi the country links below for a brief index listing of each location’s key tech news items from the month of June 2025.
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Australian tech news: June 2025
- Here’s a brief intro to 10 Western Australian startups travelling to Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology – SWITCH – in October…
CSIRO: Australia’s artificial intelligence ecosystem – growth & opportunities
Cambodia snapshot: June 2025
- Cambodia Startup Launchpad launches training program aiming to fast-track the Kingdom’s most promising early-stage startups toward market fit and commercial success…
Blue Security: Subsea cables and Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
China’s technology news: June 2025
- China’s QuantumCTek Co claims to have activated a 1000-qubit quantum system, taking it within sight of IBM quantum tech standards…
China’s AI Infrastructure Surge: Data Centers, AI Models, Military, Global
HONG KONG tech: June 2025 snapshot
- HK Government publishes 2nd cryptocurrency policy statement, introducing ‘LEAP’ framework for legal clarity, ecosystem expansion, applications and talent development…
CoLife: Coliving in Hong Kong
Indian tech snapshot: June 2025
- ‘India Considers Bitcoin Reserve Strategy Amid Global Crypto Adoption’…
ECIPE: AI and India’s National Interest
Indonesia tech snapshot: June 2025
- Indonesia’s Green Rebel Foods plant-based meat firm rolls out 2 products at 7-Eleven Philippines, as both retail offerings and as part of in-store meals…
Reuters / Oxford: Digital News Report 2025
Japan’s technology news: June 2025
- Japan will require banks and credit card firms to use integrated circuit chip-based ID verification for non-face-to-face account openings, starting April 2027…
Linux Foundation: Japan Tech Talent Report 2025
South Korean tech news: June 2025
- Parliament may approve a draft tokenized securities bill, enabling domestic firms to launch blockchain-based ‘coins’ tied to real estate, raw materials, livestock, and beyond…
Secure World Foundation: Global Counterspace Capabilities
Malaysia’s tech news: June 2025
- Malaysia is to convene a special ASEAN Economic Ministerial meeting in late July to speed progress on the Digital Economy Framework Agreement…
Malaysia: Penang Digital Economy Summit 2025
New Zealand snapshot: May 2025
- New Zealand PM has proposed a social media ban for under-16s, modelled on Australian laws and set to mandate that digital platforms verify the age of users, or face heavy fines…
Indo-Pacific Insight: Daily LinkedIn newsletter
Philippines tech news: June 2025
- UK’s Sensay is to launch world-first AI-governed island off the coast of the Philippines, featuring a ‘digital cabinet’ of historical figures including Marcus Aurelius and Churchill…
Philippines: AI Revolution Summit – October 2025
Singapore tech news: June 2025
- Singapore Space & Technology Ltd relaunches as SST Think Tank, dedicated to mainstreaming space and commercialising space technologies across non-space sectors…
Collision Course: The future of China’s carmarkers in Russia
Taiwan’s tech news headlines: June 2025
- “Taiwanese cleanroom companies are receiving a wave of new orders as major global chipmakers expand production around the world, especially in the United States and Southeast Asia”…
Int’l Energy Agency: Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025
Thailand tech snapshot: June 2025
- Here’s an overview of True Digital Park’s Global Startup Program, and the associated Smart Visa Incubation Program…
Belfer Center: Critical and Emerging Technologies – June 2025
Vietnam snapshot: June 2025
- Vietnam’s “…e-commerce market surpassed US$25 billion last year, growing by 22% year-on-year, and now accounts for approximately 9% of total retail sales in goods and consumer services…”
FPRI: Russia’s use of the instruments of statecraft in the Indo-Pacific
critical Technologies, globally:
June 2025 report
- The next Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum meeting is set for November 18-21 in The Philippines – provisional details are linked below…
- India: Defence R&D Organisation formally opens Quantum Technology Research Centre to advance indigenous capabilities for defense and strategic applications…
- Robotics: “By 2050, about 90% of humanoids… will likely be used for repetitive, simple, and structured work—primarily industrial and commercial purposes. China is likely to have the highest number…”
- Japan’s Rapidus and Siemens partner to develop 2-nanometer semiconductor design and manufacturing processes…
Critical technologies, globally:
June 2025 full report >
Critical technologies in the news globally in the first quarter of 2025
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