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Most Popular Japanese curbs will negatively affect semiconductor value chain and billions of consumers: official South Korea says Japan's recent trade sanctions will have dire consequences on firms and consumers around the world, and implored Japan to call off its measures. A government official told foreign correspondents in Seoul Wednesday, that the export restrictions will disrupt chip production lines, and severely affect companies like Apple, Amazon, Dell and Sony. They said its effects will be felt by billions of consumers around the globe. The official expressed disappointment regarding the measures that targeted the semiconductor industry. This, especially as semiconductors take up around 25 percent of Korean exports, while Korean chipmakers account for 70 percent of the world's DRAM production as well as a significant portion of NAND flash and system memory. He said Korea will have to take great efforts to produce the sanctioned chemical products and machinery domestically. And because that will unhinge the global value chain that once worked well, the official says users who rely on Korean semiconductors will also suffer immensely. The official called on Japan to honor its promise made at the G20 Summit in Osaka last month, that it will continue to uphold the principles of free trade. Warning that such actions violate WTO rules, he urged Tokyo to withdraw them immediately. He also reiterated that the South Korean government hopes to resolve the issue constructively, through dialogue and creative solutions. It believes them to be the best way to maintain solidarity between Korea, the U.S., and Japan, especially amid the numerous challenges in the region. Stressing that science and technology are not a tool for war, the official emphasized the need to settle the conflict regarding export control and the Supreme Court ruling for future-oriented relations. Park Hee-jun, Arirang News. 2019-07-18 Typhoon Danas to give an impact on Korea's southeastern regions We begin with Typhoon Danas making its way upward and inching closer to the Korean peninsula as we speak. Danas is expected to reach Korea’s southernmost island of Jeju early tomorrow morning and make landfall in the coastal areas of Jeolla-do province. Heavy rain and strong winds are already battering the southern regions, triggering flight cancellations and damaging structures and buildings. For more details, let's turn to our Michelle Park at the weather center, Michelle? Typhoon Danas is expected to remain a tropical storm making its way into the coast of Jeolla-do Province by early tomorrow morning and cross right through the southern provinces before exiting out and dissipating in the East Sea on Sunday morning. Jeju Island and the southern coastal areas are already receiving a substantial amount of monsoon rain, but Typhoon Danas is expected to make a direct influence, dumping even more precipitation starting this night, with some areas expected to receive as much as 700 millimeters of rain. Heavy rain alerts are issued across in these regions so please stay extra careful on the roads for possible floods and landslides. Back to you. 2019-07-19 Trump to help resolve tensions if Seoul, Tokyo request mediation Speaking to the White House press corps in the Oval Office on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he is willing to help resolve the escalating tensions between South Korea and Japan if they both ask him to mediate. President Trump said Washington's involvement would be a (quote)" full-time job", hinting the U.S. prefers the two Asian countries to iron out their differences by themselves. Although he didn't elaborate in detail, President Trump said President Moon Jae-in had asked him if he could mediate. "In fact the president of Korea asked me if I could get involved. I say how many things will have to get involved in? I'm involved with North Korea, on helping, you I'm involved in so many different things. We just did a trade deal, a great trade deal with South Korea, but he tells me that they have a lot of friction going on now with respect to trade, primarily with respect to trade." South Korea's request for President Trump's involvement was verified by Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Ko Min-jung who said President Moon had asked for President Trump's help during their bilateral summit in Seoul last month. This a part of Seoul's move to resolve the issue diplomatically, amid a slew of Japanese media reports at the time on the possibility of Tokyo slapping economic restrictions on South Korea, as retaliation for Seoul upholding local courts' decision to liquidate certain Japanese companies' assets operating in South Korea to compensate the Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor. Citing an official from the U.S. State Department spokesperson's office, Voice of America reported Saturday, the U.S. will (quote)"encourage" South Korea and Japan to resolve their issue through dialogue, but said Washington has no plans to mediate in their affairs. The official quoted remarks by David Stilwell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who visited Seoul last Wednesday and said that as a close friend and ally of South Korea and Japan the U.S. will "do what it can" to support efforts in resolving the two countries' dispute. Kim Ji-yeon, Arirang News. 2019-07-20 S. Koreans boycott Japanese goods, travel amid Tokyo's trade curbs This is the largest South Korean internet group dedicated to helping locals plan trips to Japan. It's membership stands at one.three million strong. However, with the rapidly-expanding boycott campaign against everything Japanese in South Korea, the site is shutting up shop, at least temporarily. "This is the first time I've seen people in the group calling for a boycott and this is a massive group of people who love traveling to Japan." Even the Busan National Science Museum, which planned a group trip to Japan for scientific research, has called off its trip. "The atmosphere doesn't seem to be improving. As a result, we've decided to go elsewhere." With so many cancellations, the number of South Korean visitors to Japan is down three.eight percent in the first half of this year, compared to the same period last year. And with more people boycotting Japanese products as well, a number of online shopping sites, which provide locally-made goods in place of Japanese products, are sprouting up on the internet. " I don't buy Japanese products, but now I'm conscious about not buying them." With Japan apparently unwilling to retract its export curbs on South Korea anytime soon, the boycott looks set to rumble on, harming the economies of both countries. Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News. 2019-07-18
