The Prime Minister of Malaysia announced the ten-year goal to revitalize the economy, hoping to make Malaysia one of the top 30 economies in the world.

USGS: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck 81 kilometers southeast of Sola, Vanuatu.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Austin: The United States is not seeking to establish a permanent military base in Papua New Guinea.

Samsung Electronics: Smartphone shipments and average selling prices are expected to rise in the third quarter.

LG Energy Solutions: European electric vehicle demand may be weaker in the second half of the year.

Bank of Korea: Will include bank bonds and some corporate bonds as acceptable collateral.

Bank of Korea: Will decide whether to provide liquidity assistance to non-bank financial companies.

Bank of Korea: Will strengthen the role of standing lending facilities as a liquidity back-up for financial institutions.

According to a Reuters survey: The Bank of Thailand will raise the key interest rate to 2.25% on August 2, and then maintain it until 2024 (2.00% in the May survey).

The greenback rose to 7.7990 against the Hong Kong dollar, its strongest level in nearly eight months.

Nigeria set the official selling price of QUA IBOE crude oil at a premium of US$0.75/barrel to the price of Brent crude oil, and set the official selling price of Bonny crude oil at a premium of US$0.38/barrel to that of Brent crude oil.

USGS: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck 137 kilometers southeast of Hihifu, Tonga.

At the weekly news conference of the leadership of the US Republican Party on Wednesday afternoon local time, the 81-year-old US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell inexplicably froze and stopped speaking, and remained silent until he was escorted away.

Samsung: Memory inventories appear to have peaked in May.

According to TASS: Russia is expected to produce 515 million tons of oil in 2023.

Samsung: The smartphone market will see year-on-year growth in the second half of the year.

Samsung: Weaker won has had a positive impact on operations.

Bank of Korea: If necessary, will further tighten policy.

Bank of Korea: There is still a long way to go before the inflation rate in Korea returns to 2%.