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The KOSPI opened 3.23% higher at 6680.34 on May 20, rebounding from the previous day's decline as bargain hunting emerged alongside easing US Treasury yields. SK Hynix led gains with over 6% rise on shareholder return expectations, while Moderna's 170% surge in US trading improved sentiment for

Shinhan Bank and Hana Bank are competing for the Incheon City treasury banking contract worth 33 trillion won, with proposal submissions due by the 2nd and a competitive presentation scheduled for the second week of next month. The bidding process follows revised evaluation criteria from the

President Donald Trump hosted executives from Coinbase, Ripple, Robinhood, Kraken, Nasdaq, Intercontinental Exchange, and Chainlink at the White House on Aug. 19, placing digital asset regulation within his administration's economic agenda. Trump said his administration "ended the war on crypto

Woori Financial Group is accelerating synergy building among its subsidiaries after completing its long-pursued insurance portfolio construction. The group plans to elevate competitiveness of its subsidiaries to shift its center of gravity away from banking toward non-banking operations. In late

Meritz Securities recently completed the acquisition of Chaeun Package, a cosmetics packaging solutions company, through a 44 billion won buyout deal in partnership with private equity firm Hosan Investment. The securities firm acquired a 70% stake in Chaeun Package, with the founding shareholders p

Kyobo Life Planet reduced its H1 net loss to 65 billion won, narrowing the deficit by 14 billion won year-over-year. The digital insurer is pursuing overseas expansion of its insurtech solution 'Raplay' to overcome domestic market growth limitations. Since its 2013 launch, Kyobo Life Planet has

NVIDIA (NAS:NVDA) trades at a 40-50% discount versus AI competitors on enterprise value-to-free cash flow basis, Bank of America analyst Vivek Arya stated on August 19 local time. The stock also trades 31-36% below the S&P 500 index. Arya said the discount shows the market overestimates risks tied t

Woori Asset Management, an affiliate of Woori Financial Group, established a Liability-Driven Investment (LDI) division in late June and received a large-scale transfer of managed assets from affiliated insurance companies Dongyang Life and ABL Life. The two insurance companies transferred a total o

Seoul Regional Tax Office Investigation Bureau 4 deployed approximately 140 personnel to KB Kookmin Bank starting on the morning of the 13th for a special tax audit, focusing on the bank's Global, General Affairs, and HR departments. Investigation Bureau 4, the special tax investigation unit

IBK Investment & Securities warned on the 20th that prolonged tensions involving Iran could extend high interest rate conditions beyond expectations, amplifying stock market volatility in the second half of the year. Researcher Byun Jun-ho explained that rising oil prices drive inflation and interes

Park Jong-gil, a former Financial Supervisory Service Corporate Disclosure Bureau Chief with 33 years of regulatory experience, launched a free financial knowledge platform called 'Nexus Financial Briefing' on the 20th through Nexus Financial Management Institute. The platform provides 547

Son Seung-tae, a veteran from Korea Exchange (KRX), joined fractional investment over-the-counter exchange KDX as Head of Business Strategy in August. Son previously served as General Manager of KRX's general commodity markets, where he led the gold market to its first-ever profitability last year a

South Korean Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Koo Yun-cheol announced on August 20 that the government will consider declaring Geoje and Tongyeong in South Gyeongsang Province as special disaster zones following flood damage. Speaking at an emergency economic headquarters me

Korean stocks triggered a trading halt mechanism on the 19th as the KOSPI index plunged 5-6% in early trading, with semiconductor giants SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics falling nearly 10% and approximately 7% respectively. The sharp decline followed a surge in global long-term interest rates, with

S&P upgraded SK Hynix's credit rating to A- from BBB+ on August 19, citing robust memory market fundamentals and the company's technological leadership in high-bandwidth memory. The rating agency attributed the upgrade to anticipated strong revenue growth driven by surging DRAM and NAND prices and s

Korea Gas Corporation reduced its 3-year bond issuance to 800 billion won on the previous day, down from an initially planned amount around 1 trillion won, despite receiving 2.4 trillion won in orders. Last week, Korea Electric Power Corporation similarly cut its issuance from a planned 5 trillion w

SpaceX stock declined 2.57% to close at $139.65 on the 19th (local time) in New York trading. The drop followed news that Chinese startup LandSpace successfully recovered a rocket first-stage booster for the first time and concerns over additional lock-up share releases. According to Yonhap

JMI, a KOSDAQ-listed household goods and automotive interior materials manufacturer, was designated as a management stock on Aug 12 due to its stock price remaining below ₩1,000. The company plans to hold a shareholder meeting on the 18th of next month to approve a 5-to-1 stock consolidation,

SpaceX has approached Cognition AI, the company behind the Devin AI coding agent, to discuss a potential acquisition, according to Bloomberg. The discussions began shortly after SpaceX finalized its $60 billion all-stock acquisition of Cursor maker Anysphere on August 14. Neither SpaceX, Cognition A

iM Securities analyst Park Sang-hyun stated in a report on the 20th that the won-dollar exchange rate falling below 1400 won could stimulate foreign investment inflows into Korean stocks and bonds. The won-dollar rate closed at 1397.7 won on the 19th, marking a 14.1 won drop and the first time below