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Lotte Engineering & Construction was selected as the contractor for the Seongsu District 4 redevelopment project in Seoul's Seongdong-gu on the 5th, following a vote by the project association. Out of 753 total union members, 620 attended the general meeting, and 449 voted in favor of appointing Lot

Fidelity released a report on June 29 titled 'What might end the crypto winter?' identifying five factors that could bring an end to the crypto winter. The report comes as Bitcoin is trading slightly above $62,500 as the first half of 2026 ended, 50% lower than the all-time high of $126,080 that it

Korean financial firms are expanding their presence in New York and London through localization and differentiation strategies. Korea Investment & Securities' New York entity KIS US focuses on middle-market loans with deal sizes of 200-300 billion won, while Mirae Asset Securities established a

Democratic Party Senior Spokesperson Kang Jun-hyun announced on July 5 that South Korea plans to create an enterprise-type advanced city integrating production, innovation, and residential functions in the southwestern region to develop it as a second semiconductor production hub. The announcement f

Korean listed companies are seeing widespread upward revisions to Q2 operating profit estimates, with 141 out of 219 companies experiencing increases in the recent month according to data from FnGuide released on an unspecified date. The estimate upgrades reflect growing market expectations for

Bitcoin climbed above $61,000 after weaker U.S. jobs data eased rate hike concerns. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $221.7 million in inflows after ten straight outflow sessions. Traders now watch $62,700 and $65,000 as key resistance levels. Bitcoin — BTC, found fresh momentum after

Retail investors drove the KOSPI to a 101.14% surge in the first half, with the index rising from 4214.17 to 8476.48 between January 2 and last month 30th, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 5th. Individual investors net purchased 161 trillion won in KOSPI stocks during this period, ex

Kenya's National Treasury proposed a regulation requiring stablecoin issuers to hold at least 30% of reserves in local commercial banks, triggering opposition from cryptocurrency exchanges. The Treasury aims to protect Kenya's financial ecosystem from digital asset volatility and ensure domestic

Woori Asset Management's 'WON US Aerospace & Defense' ETF recorded a 1-year return of 57.65% as of the 3rd, according to Koscom ETF Check. Launched in August 2022, the fund has attracted investor attention following SpaceX's initial public offering, with shorter-term performance showing gains of 5.3

Korean listed companies conducted 243 stock consolidations from Feb 12 to this month's 2nd, a 24-fold increase from 4 cases in the same 2024 period and 10 cases in 2025, according to securities industry data released on the 5th. The surge follows stricter delisting rules that took effect from the 1s

SK Hynix is negotiating a 0.5% underwriter fee structure with Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase for its planned US American Depositary Receipt (ADR) listing this month. Bloomberg reports citing multiple sources state the South Korean semiconductor manufacturer aims to

Newly listed South Korean stocks saw sharp declines in the first half of the year. According to the Korea Exchange on the 5th, 14 out of 18 companies that went public through general offerings now trade below their initial public offering (IPO) prices. Market analysts attribute the weakness to

Okta, a digital identity security company, saw its stock close at $141.42 on July 2 (local time), marking a 69.08% surge year-to-date as investor attention intensifies. The rally is driven by growing demand for security solutions amid the expansion of AI agents and cloud services. Okta specializes i

Korean retail investors holding single-stock leveraged ETFs suffered mounting losses within one month of product launch, with KODEX Samsung Electronics Single Stock Leverage ETF falling 10.75% while Samsung Electronics stock rose 0.81% during the same period. The losses stem from negative

Individual investors poured over 2 trillion won into domestic stock covered call ETFs this year as volatile market conditions drove demand for products offering monthly dividends and downside protection. Samsung Asset Management's KODEX 200 Target Weekly Covered Call received 2.0199 trillion won in

South Korean semiconductor ETFs showed diverging performance, with front-end and back-end segment funds experiencing a gap exceeding 30 percentage points. According to Korea Exchange data as of the 5th, SOL Semiconductor Front-End ETF recorded a 16.39% return over the recent one-month period,

Hong Kong-based CSOP Asset Management expanded its Korean stock investments last month with the launch of a KOSPI 200 ETF, following the success of its SK Hynix leverage product that became the world's largest single-stock leverage ETF. The firm's '2X SK Hynix Daily Leverage' ETF, launched in

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will release Q2 2026 earnings results between July 7 and July 29, with combined operating profit estimates reaching 149.04 trillion won according to analyst consensus compiled by EpicAI. The announcements come as Korean listed companies are projected to report a

Gold futures for August delivery closed at $4183.10 per ounce on July 2nd (local time) at the New York Mercantile Exchange, according to Investing.com. The second quarter of 2025 marked the poorest performance in 13 years, with gold futures declining 13.4%—the steepest quarterly drop since

Japan has launched its first domestic program to recycle rare earth elements from废弃 home air conditioners, led by Mitsubishi Electric, as China continues strengthening rare earth export controls. The initiative extracts rare earth materials from permanent magnets inside compressor units of outdoor a