Oct 12 CHINA's foreign ministry said it has announced countermeasures under the PRC Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law against Paraguay's minister of communications and technology and Belize's foreign minister, Fonseca. The ministry said the steps respond to the officials' visits to Taiwan and their hosting of Taiwan independence figures, and accused them of interfering in China's internal affairs and spreading false claims of Chinese cyberattacks. The ministry described the measures as punitive and mea

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Nomm said the era of drug-trafficking groups operating with impunity across the Western Hemisphere is ending, and that the department is strengthening partnerships and targeting criminal organisations under "Operation American Shield" to prioritise U.S. security.

據韓聯社報道，韓股時隔一個半月再度失守6500點，外資連續五日淨賣出，指數反彈乏力 韓國KOSPI指數12日盤中跌幅超過2%，最終時隔一個半月跌破6500點關口。儘管三星電子8日公佈了創紀錄的業績，外國投資者仍持續拋售韓國股票，KOSPI指數似乎仍未找到反彈的突破口。韓國創業板指跌超3%。三星電子跌約2.6%，SK海力士跌超3%，兩大半導體龍頭股大幅走低，拖累KOSPI指數下跌。 外國投資者當天繼續淨賣出，指數難以獲得支撐。截至目前，外國投資者淨賣出9668億韓元，連續第五個交易日處於淨賣出狀態。機構投資者淨賣出390億韓元，個人投資者則淨買入7515億韓元。在包含半導體股的KOSPI電氣電子板塊中，外國投資者淨賣出8799億韓元，機構投資者也淨賣出1550億韓元，只有個人投資者保持淨買入，金額爲7811億韓元。 大宇未來資產證券研究員金錫煥表示：“半導體兩大龍頭股三星電子和SK海力士正消化市場圍繞OpenAI產生的‘泡沫論’，股價因此走弱。”不過，後來發現，這一差異並非源於實際收入減少，而是會計上的收入統計方式不同所致。考慮到納斯達克指數在次日即9日反彈0.64%，僅憑OpenAI引發的泡沫論，似乎難以充分解釋KOSPI指數的疲軟表現。 另一個令人遺憾的情況是，儘管三星電子公佈三季度業績後獲得市場好評，韓股仍未能反彈，反映出投資者不僅關注當前業績，也對半導體超級週期的持續性及企業的HBM競爭力抱有疑慮。