South Korea considers controls on exports of DRAM to Japan

Official says Seoul has the option to counteract amid escalating diplomatic tiff

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South Korean companies control 70% of the market for DRAM chips, which are used in many electronics such as smartphones, PCs and servers. © Reuters

KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korea may control the export of DRAM chips to Japan in retaliation for Tokyo's own export curbs, a director of the presidential Blue House told a local radio station.

Kim Hyun-chong, deputy director of the National Security Office, said that Seoul could use the constraint as a weapon against Tokyo, citing South Korea's control of more than 70% of the global market for DRAM chips.

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