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Supply-chain pain: South Korea chipmakers and their suppliers seek to bypass Tokyo curbs
SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korean chipmakers and Japanese chemical suppliers caught in the midst of a sudden escalation of a bilateral diplomatic dispute are scrambling to circumvent tightened export controls imposed by Tokyo, industry executives said. Japan said last week it would stop preferential treatment for shipments of the three materials to South Korea, requiring […]
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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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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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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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S. Korea checks more items vulnerable to Japan’s export control
The South Korean government has stepped up preparations for the possibility of Japan expanding retaliatory export curbs, a related ministry official said Saturday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in January made a list of 100 industrial products that could be targeted by Japan’s export restrictions, the official said. Three of them are already […]
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Japan’s testy trade row strikes at Samsung
[HONG KONG] Samsung Electronics is caught in a new trade row. Japan has curbed exports to South Korea of vital materials used to make chips and display screens over an old wartime spat. Hardest hit may be the US$260 billion handset-maker, which for now is expecting a recovery after a dismal second quarter. The two […]
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