South Korea stocks

Korea Exchange’s latest move from Sep 14 opens about 2,400 Kospi and Kosdaq stocks for evening trades, including short-selling.

Global Enterprise

‘The biggest risk is low liquidity’: South Korea tests global demand for after-hours stock trading

Whether it can draw sufficient volume remains a key question

2026-09-13T05:38:56.000Z

Has the Middle East conflict fundamentally re-anchored energy prices at a structurally higher level for the remainder of the year?

Podcasts

What oil, yields, and AI capex boom are really telling us

Is the market about to break? Oil's past US$110, bond yields are surging, and the yen carry trade is unwinding — Howie Lim and HSBC's Herald van der Linde explain why.

2026-09-11T09:46:00.000Z

In South Korea, investor leverage and leveraged exchange-traded funds have exacerbated the swings in the market.

Global Enterprise

Is there a bubble in tech stocks? Summer sell-off was more technical than fundamental

Concerns over the ability of hyperscalers to generate revenues have eased due to strong Q2 earnings

2026-09-08T08:48:02.000Z

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung (pictured) accepted Kim Yong-beom’s resignation as his chief policy secretary on Sep 1, said the Blue House.

Capital Markets & Currencies

South Korean policy chief who backed leveraged ETFs steps down

The presidential office does not immediately disclose the reason or name a successor

2026-09-01T05:29:49.000Z

Single-stock ETFs were introduced in May to draw retail money into the local market, but quickly became a political hot potato in South Korea.

Global Enterprise

Tougher rules drive retail investors from South Korean leveraged chip ETFs

Regulatory tightening moves, including a rule to complete five-day simulated trading, key to sapping demand

2026-08-30T06:14:07.000Z

The world’s biggest memory maker will hand about half of its free cash flow to shareholders, with 30 trillion won of dividend payout for Q3.

Companies & Markets

Samsung expects shareholder returns up to US$80 billion this year

SAMSUNG Electronics plans to return as much as 110 trillion won (US$80 billion) to investors this year, joining SK Hynix in sharing an AI windfall and putting in motion the largest shareholder return programme in South Korea’s history.

2026-08-21T11:56:35.000Z