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South Korea leader praises company for Japan export control response
April 1 (UPI) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he was proud of local firm Kolon Industries for completely replacing a restricted Japanese chemical, according to a press report. South Korean news service Newsis reported Wednesday that Moon visited the manufacturing plant of Kolon Industries to thank the company for ramping up production of […]
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S. Korea turns tables on Japan to skirt export curbs for chips
South Korean Trade Minister Sung Yun-mo, second from left, is part of an official delegation that visited South Korean chemical maker Soulbrain. The company was reported Jan. 2 to have succeeded in producing super high-purity hydrogen fluoride. (Provided by South Korea’s trade ministry) SEOUL–Tokyo’s decision to tighten exports of sensitive materials used to produce semiconductors […]
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The fallout from the Japan–South Korea trade ruckus on global trade rules
Highlights of article by Fluoride Action Network Japan and South Korea are engaged in a trade dispute generated by national security concerns. In July 2019, the Japanese government tightened controls on the export to South Korea of three materials used in semiconductor production. South Korea filed a dispute with the World Trade Organization (WTO) Large […]
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Abe shot himself in the foot through his export controls
DuPont Electronics and Imaging President Jon Kemp (right) submits an investment report on an EUV photoresist factory to Chang Sang-hyun (left), head of KOTRA Invest Korea in San Francisco on Jan. 8. South Korean Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo stands between them. (provided by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy) Morita Chemical […]
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South Korea’s Hydrogen Fluoride Important Market Goes through a Drastic Change
South Korea’s hydrogen fluoride import market has changed drastically since Japanese Government has implemented semiconductor material export restrictions. While the amount of hydrogen fluoride imported from Japan has reduced rapidly, the amount of hydrogen fluoride imported from China has increased significantly. China is able to produce high-purity hydrogen fluoride as it is able to actively […]
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Japan approves exports of liquid hydrogen fluoride
The Japanese government has approved exports of liquid hydrogen fluoride, one of the three key semiconductor materials on which it imposed export controls this past July. An official from the South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy told the Hankyoreh over the phone on Nov. 17 that it had confirmed via industry sources that […]
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Japan-South Korea rift: Korean chip material makers face ‘Death Valley’ to counter Japan
SEOUL — South Korea is funneling resources to realize domestic production of high-tech materials to end its semiconductor industry’s dependence on Japan, but closing the technological gap with Japanese suppliers remains a tall order. The restrictions Japan imposed in July on exports of chipmaking materials bound for South Korea has exposed the reality that the nation’s bread-and-butter industry […]
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LG Display succeeds in localizing 100% of hydrofluoric acid at domestic panel plants
It has been confirmed that LG Display has localized 100% of hydrogen fluoride that is used at South Korea’s display and panel factories, Yonhap News Agency reported on Oct. 14. “LG Display has replaced all hydrogen fluoride that is used in etching and cleaning process with South Korean products,” said a representative for the industry […]
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South Korea’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hit New High in 2017
The Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center of the Ministry of Environment announced on Oct. 7 that South Korea’s greenhouse gas emissions totaled a record high of 709.14 million tons in 2017, up 2.4 percent from a year earlier. The previous high was 696.7 million tons in 2013. Specifically, greenhouse gas emissions for electricity and […]
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64% of semiconductor photoresist patent applications to KIPO belong to Japanese companies
Sixty-four percent of semiconductor photoresist-related patent applications with the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) belong to Japanese companies, an analysis shows. Rates of 22% and 16% were also found for fluorine polyimides and high-purity hydrogen fluoride. The three items, which were subject to intensified export controls by Japan last July, are key materials in the […]
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