Japan has issued its first permit for exporting to South Korea a chemical needed in producing semiconductors since tightening controls last month, trade minister Hiroshige Seko said Thursday.After reviewing the application for the export of photoresist, a light-sensitive material used to coat semiconductor circuit boards, the Japanese government deemed the transaction was legitimate and would not be diverted to military use, according to the South Korean government and sources close to the matter.South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the material receiving export permission was bound for Sa…READ FULL ARTICLE
