South Korea's exports hit record high in H1

South Korea's exports hit an all-time high in the first six months as sales of memory chips and petrochemical products spiked, government data showed Thursday, according to Reuters. 

Exports jumped 6.3 percent year-on-year to $296.79 billion in the January-June period. 

Exports to China, South Korea's top export market, rose 21 percent. Meanwhile, outbound shipments to the US jumped 1.3 percent.