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South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will convene an emergency meeting with senior asset management executives from major life and non-life insurance companies on September 4 to review delinquency rates and non-performing loan trends amid deteriorating loan quality in the insurance

Bank of Korea raised its benchmark rate in both July and August, breaking convention with back-to-back hikes. Governor Shin Hyun-song acknowledged the move departed significantly from standard practice during the August monetary policy committee press conference. The central bank cited inflation con

Bank of Korea raised its benchmark interest rate in both July and August, breaking precedent with consecutive monthly hikes. Governor Shin acknowledged the move as 'quite outside convention' during the monetary policy committee press conference. The decision was driven primarily by the Financial

The USD-KRW 1-month non-deliverable forward (NDF) rose to 1,373.50 won (MID) in final trading on September 2, according to overseas brokers, representing a 3.55 won increase from the previous Seoul spot market close of 1,370.40 won when accounting for the 1-month swap point of -0.45 won. The

US construction spending declined 0.5% month-over-month in July according to the US Commerce Department, marking the lowest level in 10 months since October 2023. The decline was attributed to dampened investment sentiment in new home construction and remodeling amid prolonged high interest rate con

Hyundai Motor Securities set a target price of 23,000 won for MK Electronics stocks and maintained a 'buy' investment rating, citing sustained growth in wire bonding demand for semiconductor materials across domestic operations and the company's China subsidiary. Analyst Kim Jong-bae issued the

Twenty-one global financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, Citi, and Bank of America are establishing a joint venture to issue stablecoins, according to Wells Fargo on local time. The new company will launch in the second half of this year with a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin as its

MK Electronics, holding 22% global bonding wire market share, is expanding into AI packaging materials as SoCAMM2 modules for NVIDIA's AI servers drive demand, Hanyang Securities analyst Lee Jun-seok stated. The company supplies gold bonding wire for SoCAMM2's LPDDR5 packages, with domestic sales ri

Blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs recorded 32 price manipulation exploits targeting crypto lending protocols in 2026, more than any previous year and nearly triple the 12 cases documented last year. These attacks exploit illiquid tokens and vulnerable price oracles, allowing attackers to

Vice Finance Minister Kang Ki-ryong chaired South Korea's inter-ministerial price meeting on September 2nd. August consumer prices rose 3.1% year-over-year, up from 2.8% in July, with the government attributing 0.6 percentage points of the increase to a base effect from mobile phone discounts

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora stated on Tuesday that AI is forcing companies to overhaul roughly $1 trillion of aging cybersecurity infrastructure built for a pre-AI world. Speaking on CNBC's Mad Money, Arora explained that infrastructure deployed seven or 10 years ago is unprepared to

Isupetasys, a printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturer under South Korea's Isu Group, reported record quarterly results for Q2 2024 with revenue of 379.9 billion won and operating profit of 77.1 billion won, achieving a 20.3% operating margin. The strong performance was driven by a strategic shift t

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix experienced declines exceeding 3% in Korean pre-market trading following renewed US-Iran military exchanges and a resulting surge in international oil prices. The stock price weakness reflected overnight declines in US markets, where technology shares fell on

Solana has integrated high-yield credit strategies as collateral through a collaboration with Securitize and Loopscale, utilizing tokenized equity and on-chain price feeds to enhance capital efficiency. The integration aims to improve market accessibility and operational capabilities within Solana's

Individual professional investor registrations in South Korea reached 26,282 by the end of July, marking a 16.8% increase of 3,787 people over seven months, according to data submitted to lawmaker Park Seong-hun of the People Power Party by the Korea Financial Investment Association. The surge

CNBC's Jim Cramer stated Monday that Nvidia should implement a half-trillion dollar stock buyback program, arguing the company's shares are undervalued relative to its business performance. Cramer's recommendation comes as Nvidia's stock has risen 8% since the company's Oct. 28, 2025 GTC

US, Japanese, and South Korean long-term government bond yields surged simultaneously on the previous trading day, raising concerns in domestic stock markets. The US 10-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.77%, marking the highest level this year, while Japan's 10-year yield broke through 3% intraday

South Korean government bond futures declined in overnight trading on September 2nd as international oil prices surged amid escalating military tensions between the US and Iran. The drop occurred within a broader global bond market selloff, with crude oil prices jumping approximately 5% and

South Korea's government robotics industry support policy for the 2027 fiscal year expands significantly beyond research and development funding to include public-led procurement, demonstration projects, and mass production support, according to a Eugene Investment & Securities report released on an