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219 Korean export manufacturers surveyed by the Korea Trade Association identified freight rate increases as their top logistics challenge in the first half, with 83.1% of respondents citing this as their primary concern. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) reached 3,062 points on

SK Telecom announced on the 26th that it will provide its proprietary artificial intelligence model A.X K1 to startups to support the development of practical and industrial AI services. The company is participating in the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' '2026 Modu's Challenge AX-LLM' program,

Hana F&I and Meritz Financial Group are conducting bond demand forecasting this week, targeting 1500억원 each on July 27 and July 29 respectively. The move comes as the Korean corporate bond market experiences reduced summer issuance activity, yet recent successful demand forecasting by SK

Bank-affiliated securities firms in South Korea reported record-breaking profits for the first half, driven by a stock market boom that significantly increased trading volumes. NH Investment & Securities led with net profit of 965.2 billion won, up 107.6% year-over-year, while KB Securities

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance runs monthly simulated phishing attacks against its own employees through an internal red team, according to chief security officer Jimmy Su. The practice, which has been in place for three to four years, aims to improve security hygiene as social engineering attacks

Korean corporate bond yields reached multi-year highs on the 24th, with AA- unsecured 3-year bonds hitting 4.653% — the highest level since November 14, 2023. The yield surge followed investor sentiment contraction triggered by the JR Global REIT and Joongang Group incidents, alongside escalating

Coinbase announced on July 23 that it is building a quantum-resistant version of the system protecting approximately 99.9% of its custodial assets, as the crypto exchange prepares for a future where quantum computers could defeat current blockchain cryptography. Chief Information Security Officer

SK Hynix will announce its Q2 2026 earnings on the 29th, with securities firms forecasting operating profit exceeding 6.4 trillion won based on explosive memory demand and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market leadership. The projected Q2 operating profit surpasses the company's entire 2025 full-year o

KAIST and NVIDIA announced on the 26th the establishment of a joint research center to develop artificial intelligence models that understand and predict human movement. The Human Physical AI NVAITC (Human Physical AI NVAITC) will combine KAIST's human motion data and gait control technology

National Tax Service Commissioner Lim Gwang-hyeon on the 26th criticized South Korea's Long-Term Holding Special Deduction system for capital gains tax as excessively regressive. The system allows homeowners who hold and reside in properties for 10 years to deduct up to 80% of taxable capital gains

Netflix, Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, and Paramount stocks declined over the recent 3-month period as of the 24th, with Netflix down 24.2%, Disney down 7.6%, WBD down 4.8%, and Paramount down 25.2% on the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street's focus has shifted from subscriber growth to return on

Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake announced the lean Ethereum vision in July 2025, one day after Ethereum's tenth anniversary. The vision was formalized into the Strawmap document in February 2026 and updated on June 26. The roadmap outlines five core objectives — termed 'north

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix stocks experienced sharp declines in the previous trading session, with Samsung falling 6.48% to close at 252,500 won and SK Hynix dropping 6.67% to 1,791,000 won, according to Korea Exchange data. The decline was driven by large-scale foreign investor selling, with

Spyker unveiled Spyker Digital, a technology venture created to develop blockchain-based ownership solutions for the premium mobility and luxury sectors. The launch coincides with Volodymyr Nosov, founder and president of W Group and WhiteBIT, acquiring a significant equity stake in Spyker and

Finance Minister Park Hong-geun announced on Sunday that South Korea's tax revenue is projected to exceed 500 trillion won next year, driven by an AI-fueled semiconductor boom. Speaking on KBS 'Sunday Diagnosis,' Park attributed the revenue surge to structural changes in semiconductor demand

Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki warned in a July 22 post on X that the 'global economy is crashing' and could financially wipe out many people, characterizing the U.S. economy as 'bankrupt.' The financial author cited surging federal debt—from roughly $9.5 trillion before the 2008 crisis

Korean investors net purchased $2.596 billion of US stocks from July 1 to 23, quadrupling the June amount of $632.96 million, as the KOSPI fell 21.1% from 8476.48 on June 30 to 6690.62 on July 24. The surge in US stock purchases reflected investor response to the sharp domestic market decline.

South Korea's National Pension Service showed net buying of 68.4 billion won in the securities market from the 1st to 24th this month, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 26th. The pension fund's shift to net purchasing marks a reversal from six consecutive months of net selling that

VIG Partners was selected as the preferred bidder for Yulgok, an aerospace parts supplier, on the 21st by the JKL Partners-WJ Private Equity consortium. The transaction involves the consortium's entire 47.09% stake and a portion of founder Wi Ho-cheol's 47.23% holding, with Yulgok's enterprise

SK Eterix, a South Korean renewable energy developer, saw its stock price surge 65.2% in one week from 48,800 won on the 15th to 80,600 won on the 23rd. The rally followed SK Group and global private equity firm KKR's announcement on the 1st of an equity investment agreement to establish an