Russia offers to supply S. Korean firms with hydrogen fluoride: Report

Russia has offered to supply South Korean companies with hydrogen fluoride a material essential in making semiconductors.And such a proposal comes as hydrogen fluoride is one of the materials affected by Japan's export curbs on South Korea.According to Seoul-based news agency Hankyoreh on Friday,.... citing a government official... Moscow made the offer to the South Korean government through a diplomatic channel.The Chairman of the Korea International Trade Association is known to have raised the idea when President Moon Jae-in met on Wednesday with South Korean business leaders to discuss the export curbs.If the proposal is accepted,... it could drastically reduce the damage caused by Japan's restrictions.