South Korea Stock Markets & Securities

GC Cell Wellbeing Targets Japan's Aesthetic Market with ECM Skin Booster 'Ribonne'

GC Cell Wellbeing targets Japan's medical aesthetic market with its ECM skin booster Ribonne, introducing it alongside PDRN products at the ASLS TOKYO...

Nvidia's Next-Gen AI Server Delayed by One Year, Hitting Chip Stocks

Nvidia's next-gen AI server rack "Kyber NVL144" faces a 12-month delay to 2028, sending Asian chip stocks tumbling over 10% and pulling down Korean AI...

Leverage ETFs Shake KOSPI, But This Strategy Curbs Volatility

Single-stock leverage ETFs have driven KOSPI daily swings above 5% on 29.2% of trading days, while SK hynix captures 51.67% of major groups' trading v...

Samsung SDS Launches First-Ever Union; Toss Delays Nasdaq ADR Listing

Samsung SDS launched its first-ever labor union amid conflict over incentive reform, while Toss operator Viva Republica delayed its U.S. Nasdaq ADR li...

LG Energy Solution Falls 3% as Q2 Earnings Miss Estimates

LG Energy Solution shares fell 3.53% Monday after Q2 operating profit of 113.3 billion won missed estimates by 45%, despite revenue exceeding forecast...

Hyundai Steel Targets European Market With Stronger Customer Partnerships

Hyundai Steel is targeting the European market by promoting its trade regulation response capabilities and high-value-added products to major EU custo...

Korea Securities Depository Steps Up AI Push With 'KSD AX Challenge 2026'

Korea Securities Depository will hold the "KSD AX Challenge 2026," an employee-participation AI agent competition running from June 29 to promote work...

KOSPI Falls to 7,700 Range Despite Samsung's Record Earnings

Samsung Electronics posted record Q2 operating profit of 89.4 trillion won, yet KOSPI fell 1.64% below 8,000 as profit-taking and chip stock volatilit...

Global Investors Pour Into SK hynix Nasdaq Listing, Betting Up to 10 Trillion Won

SK hynix launched marketing for its Nasdaq listing, aiming to raise up to $28.21 billion. Global investors including Baillie Gifford and a former Open...

LG Energy Solution Q2 Operating Profit Falls 77% Year-on-Year

LG Energy Solution's Q2 operating profit fell 77% year-on-year to 113.3 billion won, hit by weak North American EV demand, despite revenue rising 24.8...

KOSPI Opens Down 1.64% at 7,919.20

The KOSPI opened at 7,919.20, down 132.13 points or 1.64%, marking a lower start for Korea's benchmark stock index....

KOSDAQ Opens Down 0.39% at 843.74

The KOSDAQ opened lower at 843.74, down 3.33 points or 0.39 percent....

Bio Stocks Eyed for Reappraisal Ahead of KOSDAQ Tier System

Hanwha Ocean Plunges 18% in Pre-Market on Canada Submarine Setback

Samsung Posts Record 89 Trillion Won Q2 Profit, Yet Slips 2% in Pre-Market

Samsung Electronics posted a record Q2 operating profit of 89.4 trillion won, up 1,810.3% year-on-year, yet its shares fell 2.83% in the NXT pre-marke...

Toss Delays IPO as US ADR Listing Put on Hold

Toss operator Viva Republica has put its US Nasdaq ADR listing on hold, with financial circles citing government sentiment against a domestic unicorn ...

Korea's Kosdaq Tier System Overhaul Risks Sidelining Drug Developers

Korea Exchange's new Kosdaq tier system could exclude revenue-less drug developers from the top "Kosdaq Select" group, raising concerns over damage to...

Retail Investors Bet 100 Billion Won on Single-Stock Leverage Ahead of Samsung Earnings

Retail investors net bought about 97.8 billion won in Samsung Electronics single-stock leverage products ahead of its Q2 earnings, betting on a reboun...

Domestic EV Market Share Nears Fall Below 50% as Tesla Overtakes Hyundai

Tesla sold 56,139 EVs in Korea in the first half of 2025, overtaking Hyundai by 1.4 times, as domestic EV market share nears a fall below 50% amid com...

Stock Market Boom Lowers Luxury Barrier as First-Time Buyers Surge at Department Stores

First-time luxury buyers surged at Korea's top department stores in H1 2025, averaging 62.8% of luxury customers, driven by a stock market wealth effe...

Korean Casino Stocks Hit Lows as Earnings Reach Record Highs

Korean casino stocks trade near 52-week lows despite record earnings, as analysts expect a second-half rebound driven by surging foreign tourist arriv...

Tesla Overtakes Hyundai, Roiling Korea's EV Market

Tesla widened its EV sales gap with Hyundai Motor to 1.4 times in Korea in the first half of 2025, nearing a 30% market share as Chinese brands BYD an...

LG Electronics, Doosan Robotics Shares Halved After AI Rally

Korea's AI beneficiary stocks corrected sharply one month after Jensen Huang's visit, with LG Electronics down 52.7% and Doosan Robotics down 50.5% fr...

Will Samsung, SK hynix Leverage ETFs Face Delisting? Calls Emerge in Politics

The Bank of Korea warned that Samsung Electronics and SK hynix single-stock leverage ETFs could intensify market concentration, as Korean politicians ...

Seoul Rentals Above 1 Million Won a Month Top 40% as Listings Dry Up

Kiwoom Securities Expands API Auto-Trading to U.S. Stocks

Kiwoom Securities is expanding its API-based automated trading service to overseas stocks, targeting U.S. night trading demand as domestic stock API s...

Boston Dynamics Gains Relief as Filing Requirement Emerges as Overseas Listing Variable

Boston Dynamics avoids strict dual-listing shareholder consent rules for its potential Nasdaq listing, but its securities registration statement revie...

Dunamu, Naver Financial Delay Stock Swap Again

Dunamu and Naver Financial have again delayed their comprehensive stock swap, now set for December 31, as the Fair Trade Commission's business combina...

Toss Delays U.S. ADR Listing as Government Balks

Toss operator Viva Republica has suspended its planned Nasdaq ADR listing after government pushback, disrupting its plan to list in the U.S. before a ...