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Tokenized Securities Push: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission is preparing detailed rules for tokenized securities, aiming to publish them in July ahead of a 2027 framework that will formally treat blockchain ledgers as securities registries—covering tokenized stocks, bonds, money-market funds, OTC limits, and fractional products. Samsung Labor Flashpoint: A looming 18-day Samsung strike starting May 21 is sharpening the fight over who gets the AI boom’s bonuses, with Reuters reporting deep internal divisions between memory and logic/foundry workers. US-China Summit Afterglow: Trump and Xi wrapped talks with cooperation language but no breakthroughs on Taiwan; Trump also said he made “no commitment” on Taiwan and that tariffs were not discussed. Hormuz Shockwave: Seoul is sending recovered debris from the HMM Namu incident for forensic analysis, while Korea’s oceans minister rejects any Iran plan to charge tolls in Hormuz as a violation of international law. Defense Tech Tie-Up: Seoul and Washington signed a drone/counter-drone cooperation plan to build shared standards and a joint supply chain. Markets Mood: Wall Street slid from records as oil and bond yields spooked investors, dragging global sentiment.

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South Korea's Navy deploys 4,400-tonne destroyer to Cheonghae unit amid ongoing Iran war

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