Asia’s Tech News, Monthly
In January 2025
Tech news headlines across Asia in January of 2025 of course spanned a huge variety of applications, challenges, platforms and developments. These included, for instance: India’s many growth moves in its domestic space industry, and in partnerships with overseas semiconductor leaders; continuing growth in China’s ‘Thousand Sails’ satellite mega-constellation; Vietnam-Laos cross-border payments, via QR codes; South Korea’s moves in the cryptocurrency space; and many more.
Hit the links below for a country-focused listing of January 2025’s key news headlines.
Perth USAsia Centre: Australia and the Indo-Pacific for high school students
- Australian tech news in January 2025
- Cambodia tech snapshot: January 2025
- China’s tech news headlines in January 2025
Hong Kong Fintech Ecosystem Report – March 2025
CSEP India: Thinking about India’s Future
- Japanese technologies in January 2025
- South Korean tech news: January 2025
- Malaysia’s technology news in January 2025
Malaysia and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
- New Zealand tech, January 2025
- The Philippines: Tech news in January 2025
- Singapore tech news in January 2025
GITEX Asia 2025 technology conference – April 23-25 in Singapore
Lowy Institute: Five One-Chinas – The contest to define Taiwan
Asia tech newsletters: January 2025
- The week to January 25th: LinkedIn & Substack
- The week to January 18th: LinkedIn & Substack
- The week to January 11th: LinkedIn & Substack
- The week to January 4th: LinkedIn & Substack
Critical technologies, globally, in January 2025
Critical technologies in January 2025
- DeepSeek – What the Headlines Miss: “Real export restrictions on AI chips only started in October 2023, making claims about their ineffectiveness premature…”
“Unlike traditional AI systems… AI agents can interact with external systems, make decisions and complete complex tasks on their own.”
- China: Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak, EAST, achieves milestone by maintaining plasma operation for 1066 seconds, a key moment in nuclear fusion research…
