Market sources: the site selected for a Vietnam chip plant is undeveloped; satellite imagery shows no buildings or construction on the plot.

《首尔经济日报》委托一家大型券商，对约7900名金融资产超过30亿韩元（约合210万美元）的投资者本月1日至20日的前五大净买入和净卖出标的进行分析，结果显示，他们开始减持大型芯片股，转而集中买入跟踪半导体行业或整体市场表现的ETF。 本月，这些投资者净买入最多的产品是KODEX半导体杠杆ETF，净买入额达332亿韩元。该基金跟踪半导体指数的每日两倍涨跌幅。另一方面，这些投资者连续两个月大幅净卖出三星电子和SK海力士，仅10月份，两只股票的净卖出额就分别达到559亿韩元和924亿韩元。 另一个值得关注的趋势是，这些投资者开始押注整体市场上涨。本月，他们净买入225亿韩元的KODEX杠杆ETF，该基金跟踪韩国KOSPI 200指数的每日两倍涨跌幅；同时净买入105亿韩元的KODEX 200 ETF。相比之下，他们净卖出80亿韩元的KODEX 200指数期货反向2倍ETF，该基金在指数下跌时获利。

Algeria's parliament said on the 25th both chambers approved a presidential notice authorising deployment of Algerian forces to Niger — the country's first overseas military deployment since the 1973 Middle East war. The Council of the Nation (upper house) and the National People's Assembly (lower house) voted in closed sessions after President Tebboune submitted the notice. Earlier this month Algeria and Niger signed a military cooperation protocol during a visit by Niger's defence minister to Algiers to strengthen bilateral military and security ties.