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Samsung could soon struggle to fulfill orders
Samsung Electronics is facing difficulties in fulfilling contracts with major U.S. companies due to Japan’s export restrictions on Korea. Key parts and materials needed to fulfill foundry contracts are no longer coming from Japan, and the company’s plans to grow its non-memory chip market is also in danger. “Trust with customers is important in the […]
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Research Group Identifies Several Obstacles to Domestically Producing Hydrogen Fluoride
A local research group has cited environmental regulations as one of the primary obstacles to domestically producing hydrogen fluoride, one of the three materials Japan recently restricted exports of to South Korea. A research group dedicated to modernizing the industrial structure of the semiconductor sector said in a report released Sunday that environmental regulations on […]
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EXPLAINER-The high-tech trade dispute rooted in Japan’s wartime history
TOKYO/SEOUL, July 8 (Reuters) – Japan has tightened curbs on exports of high-tech materials used in smartphone displays and chips to South Korea, upping the ante in a decades-old dispute with Seoul over South Koreans forced to work for Japanese firms during World War Two. The export curbs highlight how Japan, the world’s third-largest economy, […]
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This Chemical Kills. Why Aren’t Regulators Banning It?
A fiery refinery blast in Philadelphia could be just the beginning. Explosions last month at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery complex could have imperiled hundreds of thousands of people living within a few miles of the plant.CreditCreditMatt Rourke/Associated Press Last month’s spectacular explosions at a large Philadelphia oil refinery complex injured five workers, […]
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Japan-Korea Spat Threatens to Upend Global Technology Chain
Samsung and Hynix are the most affected by Japan-imposed curbs The dispute underscores again the global nature of tech supply Resurgent tensions between Japan and South Korea threaten to wallop chipmakers from Samsung Electronics Co. to SK Hynix Inc., upsetting a carefully choreographed global supply chain by smothering the production of memory chips and other […]
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Export curbs ignite boycotts in S. Korea against Japanese goods
In a protest of Japanese export restrictions, members of the association of small and midsize retailers stomp on boxes showing logos of Japanese companies near the Japanese Embassy in Seoul on July 5. (Provided by The Dong-A Ilbo) SEOUL–South Koreans are boycotting Japanese products and canceling sightseeing trips to Japan in anger over Tokyo’s imposition […]
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Japanese firms cautious of fallout from deteriorating ties between Tokyo and Seoul
Japan’s deteriorating ties with South Korea over disagreements on their wartime history were highlighted by Tokyo last week when the government ended preferential treatment for the exporting of key materials to its Asian neighbor that are vital in the manufacturing of semiconductors and digital displays. The government may be trying to hamstring South Korea’s mainstay […]
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Tasmania: PFAS contamination: what is it and why should we be concerned it’s been found in Launceston
DETECTED: PFAS compounds have been detected in the river at Corra Linn following a site investigation of Launceston Airport. Picture: file Chemical compounds might not sound like a newsworthy topic but PFAS is one that has been recently in the spotlight. Levels of PFAS have been found at two locations in Launceston as part of […]
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Japan vs South Korea a terrible omen for globalization
Had Abe and Moon met in Osaka, they might have realized that both their economies are collateral damage as Trump and Xi trade barbs The most important meeting at last week’s Group of Twenty summit in Osaka is one that didn’t happen: between host Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. Sure, US President […]
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Moon administration should act to repair damaged ties with Japan
The South Korean government should take responsible action to restore the collapsed bilateral relationship of trust with Japan. The Japanese government tightened export controls against South Korea on three items, including hydrogen fluoride needed to produce semiconductors and other devices. Exporters are now required to apply to the government for each shipment, and the screening […]
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