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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong's business trip to the Netherlands gave a mixed evaluation of the Korean and Japanese business magazines. In Japan, Vice Chairman Lee reported that the business trip was “failed,” and the Korean business magazine reported that it was “a contract to introduce next-generation equipment NA EUV.” Japan's 'Nippon Keizai' said, "Even though Vice Chairman ..

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, on a business trip to the Netherlands, “failed” to secure high-tech semiconductor equipment with technical problems. On the 18th, Vice Chairman Lee left the press conference in panic without answering reporters' questions about securing semiconductor equipment and performance related to mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Previously, President Yoon Seo..

Mortgage rates doubled amid a sharp rise in US interest rates, Japan chose to stimulate the economy by maintaining ultra-low interest rates, and Korea leaned toward stimulus by allowing interest rates to reverse. In the US financial markets, stock markets fell sharply as the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to tackle inflation, while mortgage rates continued to soar. The Washington Post rep..

In the US-Japan semiconductor alliance, an advanced manufacturing process in Japan, which surpasses the mass production of 2nm advanced semiconductors by Samsung Electronics and TSMC in 2025, has begun. On the 15th, Nikkei said, “The US and Japan governments are starting to select private companies for joint development of high-tech semiconductors, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry..

n March, expected inflation rose by 0.2%, and the current living conditions and household income outlook remained the same, but the current economic judgment and future economic prospects fell, the living conditions outlook worsened, and the consumption expenditure outlook rose. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced on the 29th that Korea's consumer price growth rate for this year woul..

In the third quarter of the rise in raw material prices, operating profit decreased by public corporations (-3,679.2 billion won, 69.1%↓), services (-1,293 billion won, 15.8%↓), shipbuilding, machinery and equipment (-989.3 billion won, 47.2%↓) ) and energy (-96.1 billion won, 23.5%↓) showed dependence on China, while IT profit growth was divided into dependence on the US. According to CEO Score..

The declaration of an end to the war in response to North Korea was approached with an agreement on the semiconductor economic cooperation between Korea and the United States, and Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong left on the 14th to discuss the US semiconductor factory. The U.S. Commerce Secretary and the Korean Industry Minister reached an agreement on the 9th to “share information on reducin..

The US Treasury Department released a statement on the afternoon of the 7th (US time) on the voluntary submission of information on Korean semiconductor companies, but on the 7th (Korean time) immediately before this, the South Korean government seems to have approved the provision of information at a security strategy meeting. South Korean semiconductor companies such as Samsung Electronics and..

As imports from Korea and Japan rose concurrently, the import growth rate in August significantly outpaced imports and exports. South Korea's exports in August were $53.23 billion, an increase of 34.9% from the same period of the previous year, and imports were $51.56 billion, up 44.0%, a surplus for the 16th consecutive month. In the early to mid-August (days 1-20), exports surged 37.0% year-on..

Individual investors who bought large amounts of foreign sales to Samsung Electronics increased their dependence on foreign investment (credit transactions) and increased exposure to household debt due to negative outlook reports. The increase in household credit is explosive in the second quarter with an increase of 168.6 trillion won compared to the same period of the previous year due to the ..