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Asia’s Chip Sell-Off: Kospi Plunges 5.46% and Taiex 1.95% as Foreign Investors Dump Samsung and SK Hynix; Seoul Bounces Back on Wednesday
South Korea’s Kospi lost 5.46% on Tuesday, wiping out more than 800 trillion won of market value, as fears over Chinese memory chips and the AI rally hit Asia’s chip stocks. Our tables show the losses, the foreign selling and Wednesday’s rebound.
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Asia Briefing, October 14: Kospi Rebounds After a 5.5% Plunge, China’s Exports Jump 36%, Singapore Grows 5.4% and Haze Shuts Malaysian Schools
Seoul’s market steadies after its worst day in months, China’s exports and factory-gate prices surge, Singapore’s growth cools as MAS holds, haze keeps schools shut in three Malaysian states, and Thailand’s PM faces a no-confidence motion.
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Netanyahu Calls Captain Smit Machchhar ‘a Hero of the Entire World’, Invites Him and PM Modi to Light the Torch on Israel’s Independence Day
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to flydubai’s Indian captain Smit Machchhar, injured in a cockpit attack on flight FZ1073, and invited him and Narendra Modi to light a torch at Israel’s next Independence Day ceremony. What was said and how the honour is decided.
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‘I Could Not Let Them All Die’: Injured flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar Tells PM Modi What Happened in the Cockpit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by video call to Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot seriously injured when his co-pilot attacked him on flydubai flight FZ1073. The captain described how he reopened the cockpit door. What he and Modi said, and what is known about the flight.
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Mann Ki Baat Episode 138: Modi Calls the Census a National Duty and Marks 10 Years of the Surgical Strikes With a Zero-Tolerance Message
In the 138th episode of Mann Ki Baat, PM Narendra Modi said 32 crore households had been counted in the first phase of the census, recalled the 2016 surgical strikes, and spoke about Poshan Maah and young people’s pledge against drugs.
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Asia’s Chip Sell-Off: Kospi Plunges 5.46% and Taiex 1.95% as Foreign Investors Dump Samsung and SK Hynix; Seoul Bounces Back on Wednesday
South Korea’s Kospi lost 5.46% on Tuesday, wiping out more than 800 trillion won of market value, as fears over Chinese memory chips and the AI rally hit Asia’s chip stocks. Our tables show the losses, the foreign selling and Wednesday’s rebound.
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Asia Briefing, October 14: Kospi Rebounds After a 5.5% Plunge, China’s Exports Jump 36%, Singapore Grows 5.4% and Haze Shuts Malaysian Schools
Seoul’s market steadies after its worst day in months, China’s exports and factory-gate prices surge, Singapore’s growth cools as MAS holds, haze keeps schools shut in three Malaysian states, and Thailand’s PM faces a no-confidence motion.
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China’s Exports Jump 36% in September as Chip Shipments More Than Double; Factory-Gate Prices Rise 5%, Fastest Since 2022
China’s exports rose 36.3% in dollar terms in September and the monthly trade surplus reached $133.5 billion, while producer prices climbed 5.0% on fuel costs. Our tables set out the trade and price data and the nine-month totals.
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IMF Sees Emerging Asia Growing 5.1% in 2026: China 4.5%, India 7%, ASEAN-5 4.4% and Korea 3.3% — and the Risks From Oil and...
The IMF’s new World Economic Outlook, released in Bangkok, raised forecasts for India, the ASEAN-5 and South Korea and trimmed China’s. Our table brings together the Asian numbers and what the Fund says could go wrong.