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Tai-Ex opening
The Tai-Ex opened up 9-points this morning from yesterday's close, at 23,532
on turnover of $4.8-billion N-T.
The market gained more then 350 points on Thursday to close at a new high on
the back of increased investor optimism over the business outlook for Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing.
T-S-M-C led the upturn on the local main board, while other tech stocks also
steamed ahead to add to the rally.
The rally by T-S-M-C comes as the company is set to hold an earnings call on
July 18
Police Dog Finds Evidence in Money Laundering Case
The Kaohsiung City Police Department says an electronic storage device
detection dog has played a major role in locating key evidence in a money
laundering case that led to multiple indictments.
According to the department's Criminal Investigation Corps, the dog named,
"Wafer," located two mobile phones that contained crucial evidence following
raids on three site suspected of being used as bases for money laundering.
Prosecutors have now indicted 12 people in connection with the investigation.
According to prosecutors, the case centered on an individual who rented
property in Kaohsiung and Pingtung to use a bases to assist with transfers of
illicit cash from overseas gambling websites and Ponzi scheme websites.
Police estimate that the group laundered over 5.1-billion N-T over a six
month period.
Wafer is Taiwan's first and currently only electronic storage device
detection dog.
Russia Announces India PM Visit
The Kremlin says Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia next
Monday and Tuesday and hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The visit was first announced by Russian officials last month, but the dates
had not been previously disclosed (公開).
Russia has had strong ties with India since the Cold War, and New Delhi’s
importance as a key trading partner for Moscow has grown since the Kremlin
sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022.
Japan Survey Finds Groping on Trains Widespread
Molestation on Japan’s crowded trains is back in the spotlight
(引起大眾關注) as new data shows one in ten young people have been groped.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
Cambodia Welcomes Return of Sculptures
Cambodia’s culture minister is welcoming the return this week of 14
sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and
unrest.
The items repatriated from the collection New York’s Metropolitan Museum of
Art were made between the 9th and 14th centuries in the Angkorian period and
reflect the Hindu and Buddhist religious systems prevailing at that time.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts described it as a ’historic
homecoming (返家) of national treasures” followed several years of
negotiations between Cambodia’s art restitution team, U.S. federal
prosecutors in New York, investigators from the U.S. Dept of Homeland
Security and the Metropolitan Museum.
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