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South Korea's tourism industry has been hit, and the mayor of Seoul promised to ensure the safety of tourists. Recently, South Korea's tourism industry has been hit by the emergency martial law storm, and many hotels and travel agencies have been unsubscribed. Seoul Mayor SE HUN promised to take measures to ensure the safety of tourists on the 11th and urged foreign tourists to visit Seoul. SE HUN said at the meeting that a large number of people gathered near Gwanghwamun and Ruyi Island in Seoul recently, but the related activities were generally peaceful and no safety accidents occurred. According to him, Seoul's safety standards are still quite high. (Xinhua News Agency)Five members of South Korea's ruling party supported the impeachment of Yin Xiyue. Kim Jae-sub, a member of South Korea's ruling National Power Party, announced through live television that he would no longer abide by the ruling party's position of opposing the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue and would vote in favor of the next presidential impeachment case. At present, five members of South Korea's ruling party have indicated that they will support the impeachment of President Yin Xiyue. There are 300 seats in South Korea's National Assembly, and the impeachment case of the President must obtain at least 2/3, that is, at least 200 members vote in favor before it can pass the National Assembly and enter the trial stage of the Korean Constitutional Court. At present, South Korea's parliament, including the largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, has 192 seats in the opposition camp and 108 seats in the ruling party. On the premise that all members of the opposition camp voted for impeachment, only eight members of the ruling party voted for it, and Yin Xiyue's impeachment case will pass the parliament. At present, three members of parliament from the ruling party need to vote for impeachment. (CCTV International News)HSBC is studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. On December 11th, it was reported that HSBC Holdings was studying plans to cut costs by at least $3 billion. According to people familiar with the matter, HSBC told managers last week that its reform would not be completed until June 2025. These people said that the total cost savings are still in progress, but executives hope that this work will help them reduce their expenses by at least $3 billion.

AIA: It cost about HK$ 62.73 million to buy back nearly 1.07 million shares. AIA Holdings Limited announced that it spent about HK$ 62.73 million to buy back about 1.07 million shares that day, accounting for 0.0098% of the issued shares, and the repurchase price per share ranged from HK$ 563,84942 to HK$ 598,0954.The Ministry of Finance successfully issued the sixth issue of RMB 6 billion treasury bonds in 2024 in Hong Kong. On December 11th, the Ministry of Finance of People's Republic of China (PRC) issued the sixth issue of RMB 6 billion treasury bonds in 2024 in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for institutional investors, which was widely welcomed by investors, with a subscription multiple of 3.58 times. Among them, the two-year (additional issuance) is 2 billion yuan, and the issue price is 100.62 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.70%; 3-year (additional issuance) 2 billion yuan, the issue price is 101.28 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.70%; 5-year (additional issuance) 2 billion yuan, the issue price is 102.41 yuan, corresponding to the issue interest rate of 1.80%.The personal pension fund will be expanded to broad-based index products, and the personal pension pilot will be fully liberalized in the near future, expanding from the original 36 pilot cities to the whole country. At the same time, personal pension fund products are also expanding, and some mature broad-based ETF-linked funds and broad-based index OTC products will add Y shares. It is reported that the investable products included in personal pension may include over-the-counter products tracking nearly 20 broad-based indexes such as Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index, CSI 500 Index, CSI 800 Index, GEM Index and Kechuang 50 Index. (21 Finance)

Chilean Mining Association (SONAMI): Copper production in Chile is affected by poor project performance.Where to go: This year, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket on the platform increased by 41% year-on-year. According to the data released by Qunar.com today, in 2024, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket increased by 41% year-on-year, with the highest growth rate in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Fujian and Hubei. The number of residents in cities below the third tier where they bought their first air ticket increased by 35% year-on-year, a record high of nearly five years. From the perspective of age structure, young people under the age of 18 have become the main group where to buy their first air ticket, with a year-on-year increase of over 50%. Students aged 19-23 and young people aged 24-33 are the main growth forces. At the same time, the platform data shows that the number of passengers who left the country by plane for the first time in 2024 increased by 220% year-on-year, and the number of residents in third-tier cities and below who left the country by plane for the first time increased by 2.5 times. The most popular destinations for first-time outbound travel are Hongkong, China, Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur.Market News: US Secretary of State Blinken will travel to Jordan and Turkey for talks on the Syrian issue on Wednesday.