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U.S. Chip Network Vietnam Philippines Diversification Korea’s ‘Investment Incentive’ Reduced The United States' semiconductor chip supply chain 'network' policy is diversifying and focusing on Kenya in Africa beyond Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, and Vietnam, and Korea is only an example of an 'investment attraction' in the chip network, and its proportion is expected to..

Korean stock market plunges, Iran airport ‘explosion sound’, US official says ‘missile’, Iran ‘no’ Regarding the explosion sound at the Iranian airport on the 19th, when the Korean stock market plummeted, a U.S. official said it was an “Israeli missile attack,” but an Iranian official denied it and said it was “not a missile airstrike.” The Korean stock market fell by 2.89% and SK Hynix by 5.43%..

European economic slowdown, rapid decline in electric vehicle growth, delisting of startups, falling stock prices The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest economic outlook on the 30th, “Europe’s growth rate has slowed significantly, reflecting weak consumer sentiment, the impact of high energy prices, and weakening investment in interest rate-sensitive manufacturing and businesse..

Trade deficit of $10 billion, consumption decline, Chinese demand weakening, deflation strengthening Deflation in China is growing due to weakening demand, and Korea has a trade deficit of $10 billion last year due to a decline in trade with China, indicating a continued recession due to falling imports and decreased consumption. According to the Korea National Statistical Office, the amount of ..

US-China tech investment control financial war, metal export control ‘retaliatory response’ The U.S. and China started a financial war over regulations on technology investment, and China's export controls on the mineral gallium were previously announced and foretold retaliatory responses. On the 9th, US President Biden issued an executive order on new investment interest rates for China’s core ..

Exports of major automobiles plummeted and semiconductors weakened, leading to a decline in exports to China and the United States, leading to a trade deficit of $20 billion. The trade deficit widened to a maximum of $7.642 billion until the 20th, and the trade surplus sharply turned from $236 million in the same period of the previous year. This year's cumulative trade deficit of $15.469 billio..

The Ministry of Finance of Japan announced on the 1st that in the first quarter financial statement statistics by company, general income in all industries excluding financial and insurance increased 13.7% year-on-year to 22,8323 trillion yen, the fifth consecutive quarter of increase. In Japan, corporate business performance continued to recover led by the manufacturing industry due to the expa..

Republicans in the US Senate demanded that Russia suspend exports to semiconductors, the only semiconductor that rose 6.1% on the back of a decline in industrial production. Republican Senator Rob Portman said in a speech at the Senate plenary session on the 28th of last month that South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore account for more than 70% of the world's semiconductor production. It must..

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..