Samsung Group chairman Lee Jae-yong said he plans to build a high-bandwidth memory (HBM) factory in Chungcheong province, South Korea.

GigaDevice's A-share neared the daily limit-up as turnover topped RMB 40 billion, a record high.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei said ending the war in Lebanon and Israeli military operations there — including withdrawal of occupying forces from all occupied Lebanese territory — is a basic condition for any final agreement and for regional stability, citing Iran's policy grounded in the UN Charter and international law to uphold Lebanese sovereignty and security. He said Iran placed ending Israel's military campaign in Lebanon on an equal priority with ending the war against Iran in both the April 8 ceasefire and the June 18 memorandum on ending the war, and has insisted on implementation of the memorandum's first clause.