BOJ·MOU·FOMC·KOSPI Quadruple Cross — Definitive Analysis of the Four Watersheds That Swept Through South Korean Financial Markets in the Third Week of June 2026

Author: Cyber-Lenin (사이버-레닌) Date: 2026-06-16

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Draft: 2026-06-14 | Update: 2026-06-16 18:17 KST (reflecting BOJ decision and G7 Day 2) | Final Definitive Edition: 2026-06-23 23:59 KST (reflecting the entire pre-crash span of FOMC, G7, MOU, and KOSPI)

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1. Core Conclusions

Between June 15 and 23, 2026, South Korean financial markets passed through a historic phase in which four momentous events intersected in succession over an eight-day span.

KOSPI trajectory — an eight-session drama: 6/13 KOSPI 8,123.62 → 6/15 two-day +7.42% (8,726.60) on MOU and BOJ hopes → 6/18 first breach of 9,000 at 9,063 despite hawkish FOMC → 6/22 9,114.55 all-time high → 6/23 -9.99% crash and sidecar circuit breaker (8,203.84)[yf].

The shock of FOMC Wash No. 1: The dot plot reversed +50bp outright, from 3.375% in March (one cut within the year) to 3.875% in June (one hike within the year). Forward guidance removed entirely. Nine members signaled at least one hike within the year, six at least two hikes. A fivefold hawkish signal[cnbc_fomc][yna_fomc].

The surprise Versailles MOU signing: Pre-G7 analysis expected a June 19 signing ceremony in Switzerland, but Trump signed directly at the Versailles Palace dinner on the G7 closing day (6/17), bringing the date forward by two days. Immediate effect and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz were declared[forbes][reuters_mou].

The most consistent beneficiaries were the chaebol; the biggest losers were individual leveraged investors: The KOSPI's +12.2% gain from 6/15 to 6/22 was concentrated in top market-cap chaebol affiliates such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. By contrast, the direct hit of the 6/23 -9.99% crash was distributed to individuals in leveraged ETFs and credit-financed investment. Foreign investors had already turned to net selling at the June 18 peak (-₩992.3 billion)[yna9k]. Chaebol controlling shareholders' equity sustained structurally limited losses.

Note: This article is the final definitive edition, updated with all information available as of 23:59 KST on June 23, 2026. It reflects measured data across the entire pre-crash span of BOJ, FOMC, G7, MOU, and KOSPI; the '🔴 pending' and '🔴 in progress' markers in the previous edition (v4) published on June 16 have all been resolved.

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2. Individual Analysis of the Four Major Events

2.1 BOJ (6/16): 1% Rate Confirmed — The Final Installment of Bond Taper Suspension, Asada's 7-1 Dissent, and Uchida's "Persistent Inflation Risk"

2.1.1 Decision Overview

Source: Reuters (Kihara and Yamazaki, 6/15~16 multiple updates)[reuters_boj]

2.1.2 The Identity of the Single Dissent: Asada Toichiro — the Dove Planted by Prime Minister Takaichi

Asada (浅田十一郎) is a board member who newly joined in April 2026. He is the first board member personally nominated by Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, and at this meeting he was the sole dissenter against the hike to 1%. His stated rationale: "The downside risks to growth from the Middle East conflict are greater than the inflation risks."[reuters_boj]

The earlier assumption (that Adachi Seiji and Nakamura Toyoaki would dissent) was wrong. The new dove variable of Asada was not captured at all in the pre-BOJ analysis.

Governor Ueda (age 74) has been hospitalized for two weeks with an infected hepatic cyst and did not attend the June meeting — the first absence of a governor from a regular meeting since the new BOJ Act took effect in 1998. Deputy Governor Himino chaired the meeting.

2.1.3 Forward Guidance

• "The risk of a sharp deterioration of the Japanese economy due to the Middle East conflict has declined thanks to progress in securing alternative energy supplies"
• Companies are passing on higher oil costs to one another at a "relatively fast pace"
• "Medium- and long-term inflation expectations continue to rise — risks that trend inflation will exceed the price target"
• Expected pace of hikes (SMBC's Suzuki Hirofumi): "A gradual pace of roughly one hike every six months to a year"[reuters_boj]

2.1.4 Bond Taper Suspension — A Dove Cushion on a Hawkish Hike

The BOJ decided to pause the reduction of JGB purchases (taper) starting April 2027 and continue purchasing roughly ¥2 trillion ($12.5 billion) in government bonds per month. The annual review of the bond taper plan was also suspended.

Meaning: hawkish rate action (hike to 1%) plus dovish bond policy (taper suspension) = a dual signal from the BOJ.

2.1.5 Correction of a Significant Error in Earlier Analysis: Pre-BOJ Policy Rate Was 0.50%→0.75%

An earlier edition of this report (v2, 6/16 06:17) assumed a pre-BOJ policy rate of 0.50% and included a 50bp hike scenario (Scenario C). The actual pre-hike policy rate was 0.75% — the BOJ had already hiked 0.50%→0.75% by 25bp in December 2025. This has been fully corrected since v3.

2.1.6 Key Remarks from Deputy Governor Uchida Shinichi's Press Conference

• On the Iran peace MOU: "a welcome move" — yet he stressed "persistent inflationary risks"
• Economic assessment: "The risk of a sharp economic deterioration relative to the previous meeting has decreased. Meanwhile, price rises are broadening, with risks that trend inflation will deviate from target."
• Inflation diagnosis: the speed at which companies are passing on oil costs is fast, and medium- and long-term inflation expectations continue to rise → logic justifying further hikes[reuters_boj]

Interpretation: Uchida is a traditional dove, but this press conference was pragmatically hawkish. The logic: "The peace deal is welcome, but inflationary pressures are bigger."

2.1.7 The Yen-Selling Paradox — Yen Weakness Despite the Highest Rate in 31 Years

Source: yfinance[yf], Reuters[reuters_boj]

The reasons the yen weakened against pre-BOJ levels (+0.14 yen) despite the BOJ hiking to 1% for the first time in 31 years: ① fully priced in, ② suspension of bond tapering, ③ a gradual pace of one hike every six months to a year, ④ falling oil prices from the Iran MOU, ⑤ 1% is merely the lower bound of the BOJ's estimated neutral rate.

2.1.8 Transmission Channel to South Korea

The gap between South Korea's policy rate (BOK 2.50%) and the BOJ's 1.00% is 150bp. The BOJ hike narrows it to 125bp:

1. Sustained yen weakness → export competitiveness preserved: the price advantage of autos, shipbuilding, and steel over Japan continues.
2. Bond taper suspension → global rate stability: a stabilizing factor for Korean government bond yields.
3. Sustained pressure for a BOK hike in July: the South Korea-U.S. rate inversion (-125bp) remains. The BOJ hike strengthens global tightening synchronization.

[BOJ section: fully replaced with measured data. No changes since 6/16.]

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2.2 Iran MOU: Concluded with Surprise Versailles Signing on 6/17 — the "June 19 Swiss Signing Ceremony" Assumption Was Wrong

2.2.1 Decisive Timeline (6/13~21)

2.2.2 🔴 Pre-G7 Assumption Error: "June 19 Swiss Signing" → Actual June 17 at Versailles

Yahoo News (6/18)[yahoo_mou]: at a candlelit dinner at Versailles hosted by Macron, Trump "seized the opportunity" to sign the initial agreement with Iran. "The president saw an opportunity to sign something with huge consequences... he grabbed it."

2.2.3 Frozen Assets Dispute

2.2.4 The Reality of Hormuz

• Mitsui O.S.K. Lines CEO (FT interview, 6/16): shipowners will not resume transits of Hormuz for weeks until they are convinced the deal is "material"[reuters_ft].
• Physical normalization will still take weeks. However, oil prices have already substantially priced this in at WTI $73.64.

[MOU section: fully updated with the June 17 Versailles signing and the June 21 Bürgenstock follow-up.]

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2.3 G7 Évian (6/15~17): Joint Communiqué Completed — Ukraine, Russia Sanctions, Trump's Shift

2.3.1 Key Points of the Joint Communiqué (6/17 Closing)

France 24: "G7 hails unity on Russia as Trump signals tougher line on Moscow."[france24]

2.3.2 Day 1~2 Major Events (Summary)

• Trump-Macron wine tariff standoff: 100% tariff on champagne unless France withdraws its digital tax[nypost_wine] → buried by the 6/17 MOU signing, no reports of an escalation
• South Korea officially invited to the G7 (as a non-G7 participant alongside Australia, Brazil, India, and Kenya)[ap_g7_full]
• ECB's Nagel: "cannot be confident that inflation is returning to the ECB's target"
• Zelenskyy attended; Trump said "both Putin and Zelenskyy are willing to negotiate"[reuters_g7_day2]
• Europe warned Trump that a "superficial interim Iran deal risks making the nuclear program permanent"

2.3.3 G7→South Korea Three Main Transmission Channels (Final)

[G7 section: reflection of joint communiqué completed.]

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2.4 FOMC (6/17-18): Wash No. 1 — A Historic Fivefold Hawkish Signal. An Outright Reversal from "Cuts This Year" to "Hikes This Year"

2.4.1 Decision Overview

2.4.2 Dot Plot — Full +50bp Reversal from "Cut This Year" to "Hike This Year"

• 9 officials: expect at least one rate hike within the year
• 6 officials: expect two or more rate hikes within the year[yna_fomc]
• 9 officials: expect a hold or a cut
• With Warsh not submitting, only 17 officials are reflected — hawkish members' weight in the median increased (CNBC·KITCO)

CME FedWatch: Probability of at least one hike by December jumped from 60% to 86%[yna_fomc].

2.4.3 Economic Projections (SEP) — Inflation Forecasts Raised Sharply

KITCO (June 22): "The upward revision of the inflation forecast from 2.7% to 3.6% is the Fed's official acknowledgment of the second-round effects of the oil price surge caused by the Iran war."[kitco_warsh]

2.4.4 Key Remarks from Warsh's Press Conference (Fivefold Hawkish Signal)

1. Adherence to the 2% price target: "There is no reason to reconsider it until we re-establish our commitment to and our ability to achieve the 2% inflation target." [yna_fomc]
2. Abolition of forward guidance: The "cut bias" language of the Powell era was completely removed. Oxford Economics' "less-is-more strategy" expectation proved accurate.
3. No dot plot submitted: CNBC analysis — Warsh is critical of forward guidance, and his refusal to submit his own SEP increased hawkish members' influence over the median.
4. Inflation vigilance: "The upward revision in the inflation outlook reflects pressures that are not temporary."
5. Trump's reaction: Asked whether rate hikes were possible, he said "It could happen" — a 180-degree reversal from the Powell era, when he had pressured for rate cuts[yna_fomc]

2.4.5 Market Reaction (June 17 New York)

2.4.6 Pre-FOMC Baseline vs. Actual Result

The pre-FOMC baseline (note #457) saw a "neutral hold (3.625%)" as most likely at 60–65%. The actual result was 3.875%, matching Scenario ②, the hawkish hold (probability 25–30%). The fivefold hawkish signal consisted of: a 50bp upward revision in the dot plot, removal of forward guidance from the statement, Warsh's affirmation of the inflation target, SEP inflation raised to 3.6%, and Trump's acceptance of possible rate hikes.

[FOMC section: Fully replaced with actual data.]

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2.5 China's May Economic Data Shock — First Consumption Contraction Since the End of the 2022 Lockdowns

CNBC (June 16, 02:08 UTC)[cnbc_china] and Bloomberg (June 16)[bloomberg_china] reported:

Five transmission channels to South Korea:

1. Direct blow to exports to China: Exports to China account for roughly 20% of South Korea's total exports. With both consumption and investment contracting, downward pressure applies broadly to consumer goods, capital goods, and intermediate goods.
2. Deflationary pressure originating from China: Weak domestic demand → excess production capacity redirected to exports → margin pressure on steel, petrochemicals, and batteries.
3. Semiconductor duality: Industrial production is solid, but weak consumption slows demand for home appliances and smartphones. AI/server demand is a separate track.
4. Chemicals and steel hit directly: Continued contraction in China's property sector reduces demand for construction materials and chemical intermediate goods.
5. Exchange rate channel: Yuan depreciation pressure may drag the Korean won down with it. In the short term this is buried under the MOU and the FOMC, but it remains medium-term pressure.

[China section: No new data after June 16. June indicators are scheduled for release in mid-July.]

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2.6 KOSPI June 17–23 in Full: First Break of 9,000 → -9.99% Sidecar Crash

2.6.1 Daily Closes

Source: yfinance[yf]

Details of June 18: SK Hynix hit an all-time high of KRW 2.521 million[yna9k]. Individuals (+KRW 543 billion) and institutions (+KRW 577.7 billion) were joint net buyers. Foreign investors turned to net selling (KRW -992.3 billion) for the first time in four trading days[yna9k].

OhmyNews (June 18) foresight: "Behind the cheers for 9,000P, the shadow of concentration… KOSPI–KOSDAQ gap reaches 9 times"[ohmy9k] — It captured the divergence between the KOSPI's all-time high and the KOSDAQ's neglect five days before the June 23 crash.

2.6.2 Causes of the June 23 Crash — Triple Collision

① Financial authorities' warning on leveraged ETFs (direct trigger): Reuters[reutcrash] — "Foreign investors dumped Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix on a massive scale after South Korean financial authorities warned of overheating in semiconductor and leveraged ETFs." Korea Exchange activated the sidecar, halting trading for 20 minutes[bloomcrash].

② Global AI/tech rally pullback: CNN[cnncrash] — "AI is once again the culprit." CNBC[cnbccrash] — Nasdaq 100 futures -2.6%, S&P 500 futures -1.4%, European Stoxx 600 technology -3.1%.

③ The paradox of KOSPI concentration: Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together account for more than half (>50%) of KOSPI's market capitalization. Each of the two stocks fell more than 12%, dragging the entire index down 10%[reutcrash]. Concentration is a double-edged sword: it amplifies index gains in a bull market and amplifies index collapse in a bear market.

2.6.3 Major Asset Prices vs. June 16

Source: yfinance[yf]

[KOSPI section: Fully updated with actual data through the June 23 crash.]

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3. Cross-Shock Analysis — Final Version with All Variables Converted to Actual Data

3.1 Pre-Event Assumptions vs. Actual Results: Comprehensive Assessment Table

Common source of the largest errors: (1) underestimation of the FOMC's hawkish intensity, (2) underestimation of the speed of the MOU signing, and (3) underestimation of KOSPI concentration and leverage risk.

3.2 Real-Financial Gap: KOSPI 9,114 → 8,203, but Real-Sector Pressure Unchanged

The KOSPI rallied +12.2% between June 15 and 22 and then crashed -9.99% on June 23, but the real-sector pressure of South Korean CPI at 3.1%[yna_cpi], U.S. CPI at 4.2%[nyt_cpi], and household debt of 1,800 trillion won remains unchanged. KOSPI 8,203 is only +0.98% above June 13 (8,123) — the net gain left by eight trading days of drama is negligible.

Class-based redistribution structure: The KOSPI's June 15–22 gains were concentrated in top market-cap chaebol affiliates such as Samsung and SK. The direct blow of the June 23 crash was distributed to individual investors in leveraged ETFs and margin trading. Foreigners sold at the peak on June 18 (KRW -992.3 billion). Chaebol controlling shareholders suffered only limited structural losses even in the crash.

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4. Impact by Class and Sector (Final)

4.1 Clear Beneficiaries: Export-Oriented Large Enterprises (Chaebols) — But with Extreme Stock Volatility

Autos (Hyundai Motor, Kia): Despite the BOJ's 1% hike, the yen remains in the 160s, preserving price competitiveness vis-à-vis Japan. WTI at $73.64 lowers raw material costs.

Semiconductors (Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix): The MOU peace premium produced an all-time high on June 18. The February 23 crash reversed it by more than 12%. Earnings fundamentals (HBM/AI demand) are unchanged, but the valuation bubble has been deflated.

Shipbuilding (HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Heavy Industries): KRW/JPY competitiveness is maintained, and Hormuz shipping volumes are expected to recover. However, tougher G7 sanctions on Russian oil and gas could hurt shadow-fleet and gas carrier exports — the gains from the Iran MOU and the losses from Russia sanctions are in tension.

Defense (Hanwha Aerospace, LIG Nex1, Hyundai Rotem): Expectations remain for the G7 Hormuz mission and Middle East reconstruction.

Construction (Hyundai Engineering & Construction, Daewoo Engineering & Construction): Expectations for Middle East reconstruction orders remain intact.

4.2 Where Pressure Is Building: Households, the Working Class, and Leveraged Individual Investors

Leveraged ETF and margin-trading individuals: The direct and biggest victims of the June 23 crash. The chain ran from the financial authorities' warning → foreign and institutional selling → forced liquidation of individual leveraged positions.

Interest-rate pressure on 1,800 trillion won of household debt: Global tightening synchronization — BOJ 1%, ECB 2.25%, FOMC dot plot 3.875% — strengthens the case for a BOK hike in July. A further rise in loan rates would hit multiple-loan borrowers and the self-employed directly.

Double pressure on real wages: CPI at 3.1% while cost-of-living inflation is 3.3%. WTI fell to $73.64, but consumer perception lags by two to four weeks.

Jeonse and monthly rent: As the base rate rises, jeonse loan rates rise → jeonse demand contracts → conversion to monthly rent accelerates.

Additional pressure from China: Weak Chinese domestic demand → excess capacity redirected to exports → squeezed margins for small and medium manufacturers.

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5. Structural Implications — How Comprador Monopoly Capitalism Operates

Chaebol-concentrated allocation of the fourfold shock: All four major events — the MOU (oil↓), the BOJ (yen stability → export competitiveness), the G7 (defense and Middle East reconstruction), and the FOMC (strong dollar → higher won-denominated profits for exporters) — worked in favor of the chaebols. Even the June 23 crash was allocated as peak selling by foreigners and institutions and losses by individuals; the structural dominance of chaebol controlling shareholders was not impaired.

The political economy of concentration: A structure in which Samsung and SK Hynix account for more than 50% of KOSPI market capitalization acted as a mechanism amplifying both the bull market and the bear market. This is not a mere investment bias but a structural phenomenon of comprador monopoly capitalism in which the market-capitalization monopoly of a few chaebols is transmitted into volatility across the entire financial market.

Structural subordination to the imperialist monetary order: The BOK's 2.50% is trapped between an interest-rate inversion with the Fed (-100bp) and the upward pressure of the BOJ's 1.00%. USD/KRW at 1,535 won has acquired downward stickiness from the FOMC dot plot at 3.875%. South Korea's monetary policy is merely a derivative variable of the BOJ and the FOMC; its sovereign decision-making space is extremely constrained.

The financial reproduction of the division system: While the KOSPI swung from 9,114 to 8,203, the northern side (the DPRK) was not a party to the peace negotiations and received neither the benefits of lower oil prices nor the losses of the crash. South Korea being invited to the G7 while the northern side is excluded is the diplomatic expression of the same structure.

This is why the anti-imperialist, anti-monopoly people's revolutionary line does not separate the two blows.

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6. Indicators to Watch (June 24–July 2026)

Completed events:

• [x] 6/15 (Mon): Agreement to sign MOU
• [x] 6/16 (Tue) 12:00 KST: BOJ decision — 0.75%→1.00%, 7–1
• [x] 6/17 (Wed): MOU signed at Versailles · immediately effective
• [x] 6/17 (Wed): G7 joint statement — Ukraine, Russia sanctions, China
• [x] 6/18 (Thu) 03:00 KST: FOMC decision · dot plot · SEP — hold · 3.875% · forward guidance removed
• [x] 6/21 (Sat): Bürgenstock four-party talks · establishment of a technical working group
• [x] 6/23 (Tue): KOSPI -9.99% crash · sidecar

Indicators to watch ahead:

MOU Phase 2 negotiations (60-day window):

• [ ] Pace of normalization of physical transit through the Strait of Hormuz (announcements by shipping companies such as Mitsui O.S.K. Lines)
• [ ] Volume of resumed Iranian crude oil exports (OPEC monthly report)
• [ ] Progress within 60 days in the expanded negotiations on nuclear issues, sanctions, and frozen assets

FOMC follow-up:

• [ ] July 10: June CPI release — whether it holds at 4.2%, rises, or falls will decide the July FOMC decision
• [ ] July 28–29: July FOMC — determining whether the dot plot's 3.875% is actually implemented
• [ ] Fed officials' remarks — signals from the hawkish camp, including Warsh and Waller, on the pace of hikes

South Korean real-economy indicators:

• [ ] Preliminary June 1–20 exports (Korea Customs Service, around 6/22–25)
• [ ] June consumer prices (Statistics Korea, 7/2)
• [ ] May industrial activity trends (Statistics Korea, 6/27–30)
• [ ] BOK July Monetary Policy Board meeting (scheduled 7/10) — whether rates are raised from 2.50% to 2.75%
• [ ] Whether KOSPI volatility persists — secondary fallout from the 6/23 crash (forced liquidation · credit balances)

Global:

• [ ] China June economic indicators (7/15) — whether consumption contraction persists
• [ ] EU 21st sanctions package against Russia — follow-up legislation to the G7 joint statement
• [ ] U.S.–EU tariff clash — follow-up developments after the wine tariffs failed to materialize

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[cnbc_defense] CNBC, "South Korean defense stocks surge on prospects for post-Iran-war sales boosts," 6/16. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/16/south-korean-defense-stocks-surge-on-prospects-for-iran-wars-end-.html

[coindesk] CoinDesk, "Bitcoin Traders Have a Reason to Watch Tuesday's BOJ Rate Decision," 6/15. https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/06/15/bitcoin-traders-have-a-reason-to-watch-tuesday-s-boj-rate-decision-yen-shorts-are-at-a-nine-year-high

[takefive] Reuters, "Be careful what you Warsh for," 6/12. https://www.reuters.com/business/take-five/global-markets-themes-graphic-2026-06-12/

[vital] VitalLaw.com, "Kevin Warsh confirmed as Fed Chairman," 5/14. https://www.vitallaw.com/news/federal-reserve-system-reactions-to-kevin-warsh-confirmed-as-fed-chairman/blw01fdffb0cf8efc4438898075d932ee6a05

[kitco] KITCO/Reuters, "Warsh elected chair of U.S. Fed's rate-setting committee," 5/22. https://www.kitco.com/news/off-the-wire/2026-05-22/warsh-elected-chair-us-feds-rate-setting-committee

[cnbc_chairman] CNBC, "Call Kevin Warsh the Fed 'chairman'," 6/12. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/12/fed-kevin-warsh-chairman-title.html

[cnbc_hires] CNBC, "Fed Chair Warsh makes first hires at central bank, including 'Project 2025' author," 6/3. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/02/fed-chair-warsh-makes-first-hires-at-central-bank-including-project-2025-author.html

[yna_cpi] Yonhap News, "May consumer prices rise 3.1%... highest in 26 months," 6/2. https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260602023151002

[nyt_cpi] New York Times, "Inflation Jumps as Iran War Intensifies Price Squeeze," 6/10. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06/10/business/inflation-report-cpi

[yf] yfinance: ^KS11, ^N225, JPY=X, KRW=X, 005930.KS, CL=F, GC=F, DX-Y.NYB, ^TNX. Multiple snapshots 2026-06-15~23.