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Wednesday October 28

Asia Digest

  1. SK hynix posts record quarterly profit on AI memory demand as Seoul's KOSPI jumps 6.6% earnings SK hynix said its third-quarter operating profit rose 632% from a year earlier to a record 83.33 trillion won, and South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index jumped 6.63% on Wednesday.
  2. Hong Kong's exports jump 64.9% in September, the fastest growth in more than 40 years economy Hong Kong's goods exports rose 64.9% from a year earlier to HK$762.6 billion in September, driven by AI-related electronics, the Census and Statistics Department said on Wednesday.
  3. South Korea fines Google and Apple 63.7 billion won over app store payment rules regulation South Korea's media regulator fined Google 42.9 billion won and Apple 20.81 billion won on Wednesday, saying they restricted app developers' payment options in violation of the Telecommunications Business Act.
  4. Malaysia seizes AI chips worth 49.5 million ringgit at Kuala Lumpur airport ai-tech Malaysian customs said on Wednesday it seized 30 server units containing advanced AI chips worth about 49.5 million ringgit ($12.1 million) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the fifth case linked to the same syndicate this year.
  5. South Korea's presidential office holds emergency meeting after hacks at Bithumb and two financial firms security South Korea's presidential office convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday after crypto exchange Bithumb, Daishin Securities and Mirae Asset Global Investments reported customer data breaches from recent hacking attacks.

World Digest

  1. Netanyahu's Likud leads Israel's vote count, but neither camp has a clear path to a majority elections Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud was on course to be the largest party after Tuesday's Israeli election, but neither his bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot's opposition camp had a clear route to a 61-seat majority, according to the BBC and The Guardian.
  2. Two high-speed trains collide in central Spain, halting the Madrid-Andalusia line public-safety Two high-speed passenger trains, one run by Renfe and one by Iryo, collided near Urda in Spain's Toledo province on Wednesday morning, and rail infrastructure manager Adif suspended high-speed service between Madrid and Andalusia.
  3. Oleshky truce widened across Kherson region as Finland and Norway leaders hold rare call with Putin conflict A local ceasefire that began Tuesday around the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky has been extended across the wider Kherson region to give humanitarian convoys safe passage, U.S. first lady Melania Trump and Ukrainian officials said.
  4. U.S. to grant visas to Flávio Bolsonaro as reports say he left Brazil despite court order diplomacy A senior U.S. State Department official said Tuesday that Brazil's defeated presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas, as several outlets reported he had left Brazil despite a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports.
  5. Egyptian court orders closure of independent news site Mada Masr and fines its editor courts A Cairo court on Tuesday convicted Lina Attalah, editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian news site Mada Masr, of running a website without a license, fined her 3 million Egyptian pounds and ordered the outlet closed, according to Mada Masr, the AP and the BBC.