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Pyongyang launched multiple ballistic missiles from the capital area Monday morning, with at least one flying more than 900 kilometers into the East Sea days after Seoul’s first hypersonic glide-vehicle test and a joint probe blaming the North for DMZ land-mine blasts.
Your Daily UpdateMonday’s South Korea edition: Fair Trade Commission pressure pushes Kakao Pay to simplify offline merchant fees, KISA blocks a record smishing wave mimicking Hana Bank, and LG forces a deciding KBO wild-card game at Jamsil.
Lead storyPark Seung-yeop Pinch-Hit Single Forces KBO Wild Card Game Three Between LG and DoosanLG Twins forced a deciding wild-card game with an 11-inning walk-off single at Jamsil, keeping Doosan Bears from closing the series on the road after a two-run lead.
BusinessKakao Pay Restructures Merchant Fee Table for Offline Chains After FTC Inquiry
SecurityKISA Blocks 41,000 Smishing Domains Mimicking Hana Bank Holiday Notices
PoliticsDemocratic Party Whip Lines Up Filibuster on Broadcast Act Package Before Plenary
OpinionOpinion: Pension Fund Real-Estate Haircuts Need a Public Assumption TableSportsLG Twins forced a deciding wild-card game with an 11-inning walk-off single at Jamsil, keeping Doosan Bears from closing the series on the road after a two-run lead.
National Pension Service real-estate marks moved again this quarter; without a published assumption table, retirees cannot tell whether the fund is prudently adjusting or quietly smoothing losses.
KISA blocked more than 41,000 smishing domains that copied Hana Bank holiday notices, part of a post–Chuseok cleanup that also flagged voice-phishing relays tied to fake OTP pages.
Rebellions shipped first ATOM inference accelerator samples to two Korean cloud regions, betting domestic data-sovereignty rules will push ministries toward on-shore AI hardware.
Krafton is testing generative dialogue for training-mode bots in PUBG, a controlled sandbox the studio says will stay separate from ranked matchmaking until latency and toxicity filters clear internal review.
Lotte Card is pairing duty-free locker credits with Jeju Air ticket purchases this month, a travel-season promotion that ties card spend to airport logistics rather than straight cashback.
Meritz Financial Group shares fell more than 6 percent in Seoul after its life insurer booked a fourth-quarter reserve strengthening charge that analysts had not modeled in consensus estimates.
Kakao Pay will cut blended take rates for mid-size offline merchants and publish a simplified fee grid after the Fair Trade Commission questioned whether QR payments priced like card acquirers.
The KBO postseason opens October 14 with a wild-card series at Jamsil between fourth-place LG and fifth-place Doosan, while KT Wiz awaits the survivor as the regular-season champion.
