Bank of Korea statement: Economic growth will remain weak for some time.

Market news: U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi will attend the APEC trade ministers meeting in Detroit in 2023.

Market news: U.S. trade representative Dai Qi will meet with the Australian trade minister on May 25.

The U.S. dollar index DXY hit 104, up 0.15% on the day.

Spot silver hit $23 per ounce, down 0.32% on the day.

Sony: Plans to occupy 60% of the entire image sensor market by fiscal year 2025.

Sony: Plans to occupy 39% of the automotive image sensor market share by fiscal year 2025.

Sony: It is expected that the image sensor market environment will be more severe this fiscal year.

The Bank of Korea expects the GDP growth rate to be 2.3% in 2024, lower than the 2.4% forecast in February; the CPI growth rate is expected to be 2.4% in 2024, lower than the 2.6% forecast in February.

The Bank of Korea expects a GDP growth rate of 1.4% in 2023, which was previously expected to be 1.6%; the CPI growth rate is expected to be 3.5% in 2023, the same as previously expected.

The Bank of Korea kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50%, in line with market expectations.

Market news: Explosions were heard in the Kharkov region of eastern Ukraine, and the head of the regional military administration said that the region was under Russian artillery fire.

Monetary Authority of Singapore: The current policy stance is appropriate and will be reassessed in October.

MTI: The economic outlook for manufacturing and other trade-related sectors has weakened.

According to the New York Times: Pro-Ukrainian militants who crossed the border to attack Russia before mocked the slow response of the Russian army and threatened to take more action.

From Japan to May 19, foreign capital bought 1,105.7 billion yen in Japanese bonds, the previous value was 1,075.5 billion yen.

Japan bought foreign stocks in the week to May 19 - 400 million yen, the previous value was 9.6 billion yen.

Japan bought 964.7 billion yen in foreign bonds in the week ended May 19, up from 1,121.6 billion yen in the previous period.

Market news: Sony will acquire land in Kumamoto, Japan to build a chip factory.