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160 noticiasLa CEO de AMD, Lisa Su, visitará Corea el 7 de octubre para el Gamer Day; se esperan conversaciones sobre chips de IA
La presidenta y CEO de AMD, Lisa Su, visitará Corea el 7 de octubre, unos siete meses después de su viaje de marzo, para asistir a un evento “AMD Gamer Day” a las 2 p.m. en Dragon City, en Yongsan-gu, Seúl, informó AMD. Su y el vicepresiden…
Japan August real wages rise 1.5% for eighth straight month
Japan's real wages rose 1.5% in August from a year earlier, the eighth consecutive monthly increase, according to the health, labour and welfare ministry's preliminary monthly labour survey published on 7 October. Nominal total cash earning…
Trump says he told South Korea it must pay a price for lower tariffs
US President Donald Trump said on Oct 6 that he told South Korea it must pay a price to have tariffs lowered, and that South Korea recently provided $150 billion, all of it going to shipbuilding. Korean outlets link the remarks to MASGA, th…
El Banco Mundial eleva al 4,5% su previsión de crecimiento para Asia Oriental y el Pacífico en 2026
El Banco Mundial elevó al 4,5% su previsión de crecimiento económico para Asia Oriental y el Pacífico en 2026, 0,3 puntos porcentuales más que su proyección de abril. El banco señaló que la revisión al alza se debió en gran medida a la fort…
Nippon Ham reduce en 10 g el peso del envase de Schauessen y mantiene el precio
Nippon Ham dijo que reducirá el contenido de sus emblemáticas salchichas “Schauessen” de 117 gramos a 107 gramos por envase para las entregas a partir del 1 de octubre, dejando sin cambios el precio minorista de referencia de 702 yenes, imp…
China water ministry targets 40 major projects, 1 trillion yuan investment this year
China's Ministry of Water Resources said it will increase efforts to start 40 major water conservancy projects and complete 1 trillion yuan of water infrastructure investment in 2026. From January to September, 41,400 water projects of vari…
China's FX reserves fall 1.11% to $3,400.3bn at end-September
China's foreign exchange reserves stood at $3,400.3 billion at the end of September 2026, down $38.1 billion, or 1.11%, from the end of August, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said. The regulator attributed the drop to a rising…
Hoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
Single Seoul apartment unit draws 68,663 applicants on near-1-billion-won gap
One 84㎡ unit at the 강변역 센트럴 아이파크 complex in Guui-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul drew 68,663 applications when it was offered on Oct 6, Newsis and Seoul Economic Daily reported, both citing the Korea Real Estate Board's Cheongyak Home portal. The …
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days Begin With Discounts on Apple Macs, AirPods and iPads
Amazon's fall Prime Big Deal Days sale is live, with early discounts on Apple products including AirPods Pro 3 at $179.00, down from $249.00, AirPods Max 2 at $429.00, and about $200 off most M5 MacBook Air models. Outlets also reported all…
Korea corporate spare cash hits record in Q2 as households shift to stocks
South Korea's non-financial companies posted a record 67.1 trillion won in net funds operation in the second quarter, driven by a semiconductor export boom, according to Bank of Korea provisional flow-of-funds data released on Oct. 7. House…
Bank of Korea: corporate spare cash hits record 67.1trn won on chip boom
The Bank of Korea said non-financial companies' net financial surplus reached a record 67.1 trillion won in the second quarter of 2026, driven by a semiconductor-driven surge in operating profits. Households' surplus fell to 60.7 trillion w…
Korea's new economic team meets six business groups, pledges field-driven policy
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lee Hyung-il met representatives of six economic organisations on Oct 7 at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Seoul, in his first such meeting since taking office. Lee said policy should…
US August trade deficit rises 13.7% to $105.6bn, largest since March 2025
The US goods and services trade deficit widened 13.7% in August from the previous month to $105.6bn, the largest gap since March 2025 and above the $102bn Dow Jones consensus, according to the Commerce Department. Imports reached a record $…
Bucheon ofrece entrada a mitad de precio en seis atracciones a estudiantes de universidades locales
Bucheon, en la provincia de Gyeonggi, comenzó a ofrecer el 6 de octubre un descuento del 50% en la entrada a seis atracciones de la ciudad para estudiantes de cuatro universidades locales. Los estudiantes deben mostrar un carné de estudiant…
El Fraser Institute vuelve a calificar a Hong Kong como la economía más libre del mundo
El Fraser Institute de Canadá publicó el 6 de octubre su informe Economic Freedom of the World 2026, en el que volvió a calificar a Hong Kong como la economía más libre del mundo. Entre las cinco categorías evaluadas, Hong Kong mantuvo el p…
Nanya Technology reportedly tells customers of another DRAM contract price rise, up to 20%
Taiwan memory maker Nanya Technology has reportedly notified customers of a further increase in DRAM contract prices, by as much as 20%, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily News as cited by Chinese outlets. Nanya declined to comment on cus…
US August trade deficit widens 13.7% to $105.6 billion, second straight monthly increase
The US trade deficit in goods and services rose 13.7% in August from the previous month to $105.6 billion, the second consecutive monthly expansion, the US Commerce Department said. Exports increased 1.4% to $315.2 billion and imports rose …
Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab S12 series and SmartTag3 in Korea on Oct 7
Samsung Electronics said it will launch the Galaxy Tab S12 series tablets and the Galaxy SmartTag3 tracking device in Korea on Oct 7. The tablets offer up to 23 hours of video playback, run large-screen Galaxy AI features and are the first …
China Railway advierte a los viajeros sobre las plataformas de terceros que acaparan billetes
China Railway emitió un recordatorio de que 12306 es su único canal oficial de venta de billetes en línea y afirmó que nunca ha cooperado con ninguna plataforma de terceros, según IT Home y China News Service. El ferrocarril describió a blo…