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South Korea will gradually reduce the rice planting area to cope with the decline in demand. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of South Korea said on Thursday that South Korea will strive to gradually reduce the rice field area to solve the problem of declining demand and adopt environmentally-friendly planting methods. Due to the change of diet structure, the annual rice consumption of Koreans has decreased, and the per capita rice consumption has dropped significantly from 61 kg in 2018 to 56.4 kg in 2023. At present, the total area of rice fields in South Korea is about 698,000 hectares, and the government says it plans to reduce the area of rice fields by 80,000 hectares next year. In addition, by 2029, the planting area of environmentally friendly rice will be expanded from 35,000 hectares this year to 68,000 hectares. The government will also allocate 244 billion won (about 170 million US dollars) to subsidize farms that grow strategic crops other than rice, such as wheat, beans and barley, which is an increase from 186.5 billion won this year.Israel's Mossad Director held talks with Qatar's Prime Minister on promoting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. Two Israeli sources revealed that Israel's Intelligence and Secret Service (Mossad) Director Barnea visited Doha, Qatar, on the 11th and held talks with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad. The two sides focused on promoting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza.According to the Quarterly Report of the Securities and Futures Commission, Hong Kong's capital market has benefited from the success of the interconnection mechanism with the mainland stock market since the third quarter, as well as the breakthrough in contact with the Middle East market. The net capital inflow of Hong Kong Stock Connect is strong. After the optimization of ETF Connect, the number of eligible Hong Kong ETFs has increased to 16, with a total market value of over HK$ 300 billion. Cross-border wealth management investment in the south has increased by over 60% since optimization, and the net subscription of Hong Kong funds has reached RMB 8.8 billion. The CSRC is considering the license applications of 15 virtual asset trading platforms, and it is expected that several operators will be licensed during the year. Liang Fengyi, Chief Executive Officer of China Securities Regulatory Commission, said that the ETF market in Hong Kong has achieved several new milestones this year and will devote itself to building a global hub. (Hong Kong Securities Regulatory Commission)

Another member of South Korea's ruling party said he would vote to impeach President Yoon.Chief Economic Adviser of India: The growth rate will be 6.5-7% in FY 2025. The chief economic adviser of India said that maintaining the growth rate is still a top priority. The growth rate will be 6.5-7% in FY 2025.Samsung Electronics shares rose 3%.

Kuwait set the price of crude oil sold to the United States in January at a premium of $4.10 per barrel.Guangxi: Expand the coverage of the "white list" project and include the corresponding projects of new housing development loans. According to the news of Guangxi News Network, the General Office of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region recently issued a notice on printing and distributing the "Measures for Promoting the Stable and Healthy Development of the Real Estate Market in Guangxi". There are 20 measures, including six aspects: implementing financial support policies, optimizing housing accumulation fund policies, strictly controlling the increment of commercial housing, optimizing the stock of commercial housing, improving the quality of commercial housing and optimizing the business environment of the real estate market. Expand the coverage of the "white list" project of urban real estate financing coordination mechanism. In principle, the "white list" mechanism is the main financing channel for compliant housing development projects, and the corresponding projects of new housing development loans are all included in the "white list". Optimize the loan approval process of "white list" projects to improve the efficiency of loan issuance. On the premise of coordinating with the real estate project company, the commercial bank can pay all the loans in advance to the project fund supervision account opened by the real estate project company according to the plan provided by the real estate project company, and then entrust the payment from the supervision account to the fund-using object according to the actual application.Samsung Electronics will hold its 2025 strategy meeting next week. Yonhap News Agency quoted unnamed industry sources as saying that Samsung Electronics will hold its 2025 global strategy meeting next week. The electronic products business meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, while the semiconductor department meeting will be held on Thursday. The main agenda items include the upcoming Galaxy S25 smartphone. Lee Jae-yong, the company's executive chairman, is not expected to attend these meetings.