Chinese authorities have recently taken swift and decisive action to shut down B9GOOD, a website notorious for hosting pirated versions of Japanese animation, at the request of a Japanese industry group known as the Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA). The website was launched in 2008 and quickly became a popular destination for accessing Japanese …
Day: 28 March 2023
Growing trade deficit with China
The increasing requirement for lithium, which is essential for electric vehicle batteries, has resulted in China having a controlling role in the lithium market, causing imports to become more expensive. As the Chinese economy has slowed down, South Korea’s semiconductor exports have been detrimentally affected and this produced a $5.074 billion and 6.5 trillion won …