YONHAP cited data from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 24 showing South Korea received over 10.0 mln foreign visitors in 1H, a record for the period; the 10 mln threshold was crossed roughly one month earlier than in 2023, when it was only reached in mid‑July. May arrivals were 1.95 mln, up 19.4% YoY, and foreign card spending (including online) in May reached 2.1 tln won (≈RMB 9.27 bln), the first monthly card‑spend total above 2.0 tln won since statistics began in Jan 2018.

June 24 — Turnover across the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets totaled CNY 3,284.328 billion, down CNY 156.436 billion from the prior trading day. Shanghai turnover was CNY 1,514.193 billion (previous CNY 1,594.542 billion), volume 645 million lots (previous 709 million). Shenzhen turnover was CNY 1,770.135 billion (previous CNY 1,846.222 billion), volume 791 million lots (previous 809 million). GigaDevice led single-stock turnover at CNY 39.945 billion, followed by Zhongji Xuchuang CNY 34.437 billion, Luxshare Precision CNY 29.659 billion, BOE Technology CNY 24.997 billion and JCET CNY 23.789 billion.

知情外交官透露，海灣國家預計將推動免收海峽過境費。