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South Korean retail investors net purchased approximately 1.1 trillion won ($826 million) of the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (SOXL) on May 28 and May 29, according to trading data compiled by Yonhap Infomax from six major brokerages. The purchases occurred as the Korea

Crypto market maker Wintermute reported that institutional investors generated 72% of spot flow across all tokens on its over-the-counter desk during the first half of 2026, the highest share on record. The concentration represents an increase from 61% in the second half of 2025 and 59% in the first

Hang Lung Group (stock code 00010) announced interim results for the six months ended June 30. Shareholder attributable profit reached HK$746 million, up 7.03% year-on-year, with earnings per share of HK$0.55 and an interim dividend maintained at HK$0.21 per share. The profit increase occurred

LG Chem announced Q2 earnings on the 31st, reporting revenue of 14.1759 trillion won and operating profit of 599.6 billion won. The operating profit figure exceeded analyst consensus expectations of 410 billion won and marked a turnaround from a Q1 loss of 49.7 billion won. The company attributed th

Hong Kong stocks declined at midday on the last day of July, with the Hang Seng Index down 28 points or 0.11% to 25,830 points, failing to follow the rally in Asia-Pacific markets. The index dropped after a 4-day winning streak that added 50 points. The decline occurred as the market encountered

Korean government bond yields fell across all maturities on the morning of July 31st, with the 3-year benchmark dropping 5.2 basis points to 3.775%. The decline followed the government's August bond issuance plan released after market close the previous day, which demonstrated intent to stabilize lo

The Federal Reserve under Chair Kevin Warsh has discontinued forward guidance and Warsh himself has refused to submit his own dot plot projections, marking a significant retreat from the transparency practices established after the 2008 financial crisis. Warsh stated at a recent congressional

POSCO Argentina's lithium business recorded 11 billion won in operating profit in Q2, marking its first quarterly profit since operations began. The achievement follows the March milestone of first monthly operating profit at the 25,000-ton annual capacity Phase 1 plant completed in 2024. The

Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, forecasts US long-term interest rates could rise to the mid-5% range by the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. He provided this outlook in an interview with CNBC on the 30th (local time), following the Federal Reserve's decision to

SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won purchased approximately 4.9 billion won worth of SK Hynix shares on the 30th. The purchase triggered a 27% surge in the stock during early trading on the 31st. The chairman acquired 3,620 shares at an average price of 1.35 million won, signaling confidence that the sto

Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin secured listings across South Korea's four largest cryptocurrency exchanges between March 23 and July 29, with Upbit and Bithumb completing the rollout after Coinone and Korbit. On July 30, Ripple Senior Vice President of Stablecoins Jack McDonald announced the expansion on

The Bank of Korea estimated North Korea's real gross domestic product grew 3.5% in 2025, marking the third consecutive year of growth above 3%, according to a report released on the 31st. The expansion was driven by strengthened North Korea-Russia economic cooperation, increased trade with China, an

Foreign exchange banks in South Korea recorded daily average foreign exchange trading volumes exceeding $120 billion for the first time in Q2 2026, reaching $121.44 billion according to Bank of Korea statistics released on July 31. The 18.3% increase from Q1 2026's $102.65 billion was driven by

Korean stocks posted their largest intraday gain on record on July 31, with the KOSPI index surging 14.36% to 6396.95 as of 11:53 AM local time. The rally was driven by renewed semiconductor investment sentiment following overnight gains in US chip stocks and the liquidation of a major US hedge

VIG Partners was selected as the preferred bidder to acquire Yulgok, an aerospace parts manufacturer, according to investment banking industry sources on May 31. The JKL Partners and WJ Private Equity consortium chose VIG Partners over competing bidders including Stick Investment, Anchor Equity Part

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) assessed that South Korea's foreign exchange reserves are sufficient to serve as a liquidity buffer amid broad-based shocks, according to a report published on the 30th local time. The assessment was based on a system-wide stress test conducted by the IMF. The I

Canadian Bitcoin hardware maker Coinkite warned users of its Coldcard Mk3 signing device on Thursday to move funds from wallets whose seed phrases were generated on affected firmware. The warning applies to seeds created on firmware version 4.0.1, released in March 2021, through version 5.0.3,

Top 1% profitable investors at Mirae Asset Securities net sold SK Hynix most heavily on the morning of the 31st at 11 AM, despite semiconductor stocks rebounding sharply. SK Hynix rose 23.98% to 1,639,000 won by 11 AM, reaching an intraday high of 1,714,000 won near the daily limit, while Samsung

A whale trader using wallet address 0xC8b5 turned a $2.26 million loss into a $6.44 million profit on a leveraged SK Hynix perpetual contract position between July 29 and July 31, according to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain. The trader opened a 3x leveraged long on 37,229 units of SKHX—a Hy

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will review a system enabling US stock markets to operate 23 hours per day this fall. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins stated in an interview with Yahoo Finance on the 30th (local time) that the agency is examining 23-hour rather than 24-hour trading, with