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South Korea's Financial Services Commission completed over 40 virtual asset unfair trading investigations and referred 30-plus cases to prosecutors in the two years since the Virtual Asset User Protection Act took effect in 2024. The enforcement targeted market manipulation schemes exploiting

Bank of Korea published analysis on the 19th showing South Korea's real gross domestic income (GDI) grew 13.2% year-on-year in Q1, far exceeding the 3.8% real GDP growth, creating a record 9.4 percentage point gap—the widest since statistics began in 1960. The improvement stems from a 92.5% year-on-

Park Min-woo, Standing Commissioner of Korea's Financial Services Commission, attended financial cooperation forums in Vietnam on May 13 and Australia on May 15, the Financial Services Commission announced on May 19. The forums focused on sharing financial policy experiences and exploring cooperatio

The Korean government announced a Won Internationalization Roadmap on the 19th, aiming to transform the Won into a freely tradable currency without time or location constraints. The initiative targets benefits for individuals, import-export companies, financial institutions, and foreign investors th

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) absorbed 13.4 trillion won from May 27 through July 16, according to KOSCOM CHECK data released on July 19. The 16 leveraged and inverse ETF products posted losses across all categories, with leveraged funds

Ripple returned its CLARITY truck to Washington on July 14 as Senate Democrats challenged the cryptocurrency bill's ethics and consumer protection provisions. Democratic senators are seeking stronger ethics restrictions, anti-fraud rules, and market manipulation safeguards

DB Securities faces increased cost management pressure in the second half due to its short-term market funding structure, with combined outstanding balances of commercial paper (CP) and electronic short-term bonds exceeding KRW 2 trillion at the end of Q1. The electronic short-term bond issuance

Korean retail investors faced forced stock liquidations totaling 4,735 billion won through May 14 this month, according to the Korea Financial Investment Association. Securities firms executed these forced sell-offs after investors failed to repay borrowed funds or maintain sufficient collateral in

Kioxia Holdings, a Japanese NAND flash memory manufacturer, was ordered to pay $229 million (approximately ¥340 billion) in damages after losing a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States on local time May 16. US satellite communications company ViaSat filed the lawsuit five years ago,

Five major Korean securities firms are projected to surpass KRW 5 trillion in combined Q2 operating profit for the first time, according to consensus estimates released July 19. Mirae Asset Securities, Korea Financial Group, Samsung Securities, NH Investment & Securities, and Kiwoom Securities

Kolon TissueGene saw its stock price plummet 20.28% on the 16th to 62,100 won, closing at a sharp decline ahead of the company's TG-C Phase 3 clinical trial results announcement scheduled for this month. The drop occurred despite intraday gains, with trading volume surging in the afternoon and price

Eleven South Korean overseas equity active ETFs have added SK Hynix American Depositary Receipts (ADR) following its Nasdaq listing, according to financial investment industry data as of July 16. The additions began on July 13, immediately after SK Hynix ADR commenced trading on the US exchange.

Strategy Inc. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said corporate adoption of bitcoin is 'necessary, inevitable, and welcome' for the cryptocurrency to succeed as a global monetary network, in a July 18 post on X. Saylor argued that companies provide the legal structure, scale and continuity bitcoin re

Hansung Enterprise and other domestic Korean companies experienced sharp stock price increases as individual investors launched 'patriotic investment' campaigns to support local firms facing stricter listing requirements. New regulations effective this month raised market capitalization thresholds t

Korean semiconductor ETFs dominated weekly equity fund rankings for July 10-16, with Shinhan Asset Management's SOL Front-End Semiconductor ETF gaining 27.89% to claim first place, according to data released by fund evaluator KG Zeroin on the 19th. The performance surge was driven by expectations

South Korea's Financial Services Commission announced plans to enact a Digital Asset Basic Law within the year during a work report on the 15th, aiming to establish regulatory frameworks for the digital asset industry and strengthen user protections. The legislation responds to global competition in

Prediction markets have matured into a validated industry after years of conceptual development, with monthly trading volumes exceeding $14 billion and market leader valuations reaching $40 billion. Meta's entry into the sector, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally leading development of the Arena

Korean stocks face a critical week as Alphabet, Google's parent company, is scheduled to release earnings on July 23 Korean time, marking the start of a Big Tech reporting season that will determine the sustainability of AI investment cycles. The earnings announcements come as the KOSPI

The CLARITY Act remains stalled in the U.S. Senate one year after receiving bipartisan House approval, with nearly 80 Democrats joining Republicans in passage. House lawmakers marked the anniversary with a July 17 hearing at Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City, examining how the bill

Four major Korean entertainment companies — JYP Entertainment, YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment, and Hybe — saw their combined market capitalization decline by approximately 8 trillion won this year, according to MPDoctor data as of May 16. The total market cap stood at 12.98 trillion won, down