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Kim Sung-yeol, Director of Industrial Growth at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, was appointed as Economic Security Secretary at the Blue House. Kim started official duties on the 19th by attending a weekly meeting chaired by Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik. The appointment

Presidential Office policy director Kim Yong-beom rejected calls to delist single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during an appearance on KBS1's '일요진단 라이브' program on the 19th, stating such a move is 'hard to imagine' given the market's scale has exceeded 10 trillion won with existing i

South Korea's National Growth Fund completed the selection of fund managers for rounds 1 and 2 this year, with 18 private equity firms securing anchor investor status in a 200 trillion won policy fund over five years. Round 1 allocated 3.9 trillion won to 11 general partners from 81

Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool held over 70% of Bitcoin hashrate on June 23, 2026, per miningpoolstats.stream data. The concentration is driving what coverage describes as a two-tier market, with the largest pools increasingly optimized for institutional clients while independent and m

Korean activist funds shifted their focus to independent board governance on the 19th, moving beyond dividend and share buyback demands. Align Partners requested independent board systems from JB Financial Group and BNK Financial Group on the

Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) CEO Jason Oxman indicated that members of his organization might start recognizing Bitcoin's disruptive potential, suggesting this might lead to more partnerships between traditional electronic payment providers and Bitcoin startups. On August 6, the ETA

SK Hynix registered 1.779 billion shares (25% of total) as the custodial limit with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its American Depositary Receipts (ADR), but actual conversion from domestic shares is capped at 2.5% without additional approval procedures, according to industry s

Amorepacific sent a request for proposal to major advisory firms to select a lead manager for the sale of its health functional food factory in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province. The move is part of the company's capital efficiency strategy, which has included selling regional office buildings in major

Retail investors poured 7.34 trillion won into single-stock leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix from last month 16th to this month 15th, according to Korea Exchange and ETF CHECK. The massive inflows occurred despite sharp declines in both und

SK Hynix stock declined 43% over one month, prompting Hana Securities to publish a report on the 19th analyzing recovery conditions for domestic and international semiconductor stocks. The report titled 'Can Semiconductors Return: Recovery Condition Check' identified rising memory prices and

Eleven domestic Korean active ETFs incorporated SK Hynix American Depositary Receipts (ADR) immediately following the Nasdaq listing, as of the 16th. The rapid adoption occurred because overseas stock ETFs investing in US markets can now directly hold SK Hynix shares listed on US exchanges,

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) will release disclosure guidelines for pharmaceutical and biotech listed companies this month. The guidelines aim to address investor confusion caused by companies prioritizing press releases over official disclosures and emphasizing projected

Escalating military tensions between the United States and Iran have driven oil prices to their highest levels since mid-June and refocused financial markets on central bank monetary policy. As of the 17th, only 8 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz, down 92% from the pre-conflict daily

South Korean entertainment companies SM, JYP Ent, YG Entertainment, and HYBE faced target price reductions from brokerage firms between the 13th and 19th, according to FnGuide data. Twelve brokerage reports lowered target prices for the four entertainment stocks by an average of 13.45%. The

Korean biotech exchange-traded funds declined sharply over the recent 1-month period through the 16th while US biotech stocks surged to new highs, according to Korea Exchange data released on the 19th. TIGER KOSDAQ150 Biotech fell 20.63% during this timeframe as

The European Central Bank is expected to hold its deposit rate at 2.25% at its July 23 monetary policy meeting, while market focus shifts to whether officials will signal additional rate hikes in September following a 15.5% surge in WTI crude oil prices last

Robin Brooks, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former Goldman Sachs foreign exchange strategist, published a blog post on the 18th (local time) refuting claims that oil prices would reach $200 per barrel amid US-Iran tensions. Brooks argued that misinformation about the Strait of

Kyobo Securities issued an 'overweight' investment rating for the department store sector on the 18th, citing dual growth drivers from domestic consumption recovery and expanding foreign tourist spending. Analyst Jang Min-ji stated the sector has secured these two growth engines. The three major dep

Hanwha Philly Shipyard was selected as the contractor to build the Missile Range Instrumentation Vessel (MRIV) supporting the United States' next-generation missile defense system 'Golden Dome,' with the US Maritime Administration officially announcing the contract on the 17th (local time) at the

DS Asset Management and Midas Asset Management launched KOSDAQ active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in May as small and mid-sized asset managers target South Korea's rapidly growing ETF market. DS Asset Management released 'DS KOSDAQ Active' on May 14 as its first ETF, while Midas Asset Management in