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Shinhan Financial Group held its 'Shinhan Premier Pathfinder Hyean 2026' asset management forum on August 31st afternoon at a hotel in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, where financial experts advised approximately 1,000 high-net-worth individuals on Korean stocks investment strategies. Expert Oh Gang-ho stated th

SK Geocentric, a South Korean petrochemical company, plans to conduct a demand forecast on the 15th of next month for an 80 billion won corporate bond issuance, expandable to a maximum of 160 billion won. The company achieved a profit turnaround in Q1 with an operating profit of 127.5 billion won, b

South Korea's KOSPI index closed at 6,820.02 on August 31, gaining 0.46% after recovering from an intraday plunge exceeding 3%. The index opened down 2.58% at 6,613.58 and fell as low as 6,547.76 before rebounding in afternoon trading. Corporate entities purchased 1.577 trillion won in stocks,

KOSPI closed at 6820.02 on August 31, gaining 0.46% and finishing August with a 3.4% monthly increase after July's 38.6% decline from peak. The index remained within a 6000-7000 trading range throughout the month despite positive second-quarter corporate earnings and shareholder return

Medical AI company Vuno announced a paid-in capital increase of 6.3 million common shares after market close on the 28th, representing 44.99% of its existing issued shares. The company plans to raise 31.374 billion won at an expected issue price of 4,980 won per share through a shareholder

NextTrade, South Korea's alternative stock exchange, will implement a static volatility interruption (VI) mechanism on September 14 to prevent price distortions caused by minimal-volume trades in its pre-market session. The new system triggers a 2-minute call auction when stock prices

Tesla, Inc. shares climbed 0.3% overnight heading into Monday after Cathie Wood and Chamath Palihapitiya praised Elon Musk's Cybercab deployment and energy production plans, while Future Fund's Gary Black questioned the aggressive assumptions behind bullish Robotaxi valuations. The weekend

South Korean financial authorities extended the trading volume limit exemption for alternative trading system (ATS) NextTrade by one additional year, according to a response sent on May 28. The extension allows NextTrade to continue operating beyond the 30% per-stock trading volume cap mandated by t

Polygon Labs issued an urgent notice requiring all Polygon PoS node operators to upgrade their Bor and Heimdall clients following the activation of the Austin and Kyoto hard forks. The company disclosed that several previously unreported security vulnerabilities have been patched through these

TARA cryptocurrency surged 10.31% in the last hour, reaching a current price of $0.000035. The altcoin recorded a 24-hour high of $0.00004 and a low of $0.00003223, marking a 12.95% increase over the past 24 hours. Trading volume over the past 24 hours stands at $57,047, with a market cap of $218,64

The Democratic Party of Korea announced on the 31st a plan to strengthen disclosure systems to advance financial markets. Former lawmaker Lee Yong-woo, who chairs the party's 'AI Transformation Financial, Stock Market, and Economic System Improvement Task Force,' identified disclosure system

Hanwha Aerospace received approval from Korea's Fair Trade Commission on the 31st to acquire a 15.89% stake in Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), making it the second-largest shareholder. The acquisition, comprising 9.9% held by Hanwha Aerospace, 4.98% by Hanwha Systems, and 1.01% by Hanwha Aerospace

A South Korean 2-year treasury bond auction on the 31st produced an unusual double split, with winning rates ranging from 3.705% to 3.785%, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economy. The 8 basis point spread between the lowest and highest winning rates suggests three separate rate levels

Jung Jae-gwan, chairman of the Korea Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association (KAFMAA), submitted his resignation to the Ministry of National Defense recently citing personal reasons. The organization manages approximately 15 trillion won in assets. The succession process requires document screening, per

Dollar-yen fell to the 159 yen range in Tokyo forex trading on August 31, reversing earlier gains that briefly pushed the pair to 160.200 yen. The currency pair traded at 159.776 yen as of 1:54 PM, down 0.20% from the previous session, as stronger-than-expected Japanese economic data and policy

KOSPI recovered the 6800 level on the 31st, closing at 6820.02, up 31.14 points (0.46%), after plunging over 3% during early trading driven by share buybacks from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The index opened at 6613.58, down 175.30 points (2.58%), and dropped more than 3% intraday before recov

Four executives at Hyundai Motor Securities withdrew 55,014 employee stock ownership plan shares from the union account to personal accounts on May 24, according to disclosures filed with the Financial Supervisory Service. The withdrawal stems from shares originally allocated during the company's 20

KOSPI market weight shifted from large-cap stocks to individual equities on May 28 as the index paused near the 7000 level. The benchmark fell 1.79% to 6788.88, yet 640 stocks rose versus 238 that declined on the Korea Exchange. The divergence occurred as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix pulled

Hyundai Motor Group's robot-related stocks remain sluggish as of August 31 at 2:39 PM, following sharp declines from June peaks despite earlier physical AI expectations. Hyundai AutoEver trades at 418,500 won,

Gold, silver, and copper prices surged in recent weeks amid growing uncertainty over interest rates and exchange rates driven by 'Bessentnomics'—economic policies of US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent focused on fiscal austerity, inflation control, and a weaker dollar. On May 28 (local time), inter