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Analysis and argument from the InfoHandle newsroom—our take on the stories behind the headlines.

6 stories

Retail brokerage office with rows of desktop monitors showing blurred green and red price tiles, evening fluorescent light, plastic partition dividers, no logos or readable text.

Kospi Retail Order Books Need T+1 Settlement Clocks on Volatile Session Days

We should force retail brokers to show T+1 settlement clocks on volatile Kospi sessions because same-day order books mislead households about when cash actually leaves their accounts.

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 20, 2026

Aged apartment boiler room with green copper pipes, wall-mounted pressure gauges with blurred faces, folded inspection forms on a metal shelf, dim fluorescent light, no logos or readable text.

Apartment Inspection Reports Should List Boiler Replacement Dates Before Fall Heating

We should require apartment safety inspection reports to print boiler replacement dates before autumn heating tests—not buried footnotes—because Seoul’s October switch-on week is when overdue units fail in basements.

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 20, 2026

Elementary school cafeteria serving line with stainless trays and heat lamps over metal rails, children-sized chairs stacked against a tiled wall, flat fluorescent lighting, no logos or readable text

Cafeteria Ingredient QR Checks Must Lead Digital Menu Launches at Primary Schools

We should require school districts to launch digital cafeteria menus only after ingredient QR traceability works for parents—not the other way around—using the same NEIS meal data ministries already collect.

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 19, 2026

Residential apartment courtyard with stacked moving boxes and a hand truck beside bicycle racks, overcast afternoon light on concrete and stucco walls, no logos or readable text

Deposit Guarantee Fund Ratios Need Live Dashboards Before Fall Rental Season

We should not enter another autumn jeonse renewal season without live public dashboards on Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation collateral ratios—tenants deserve the same transparency banks already see.

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 19, 2026

Diesel freight locomotives parked in a rail yard at dusk with container cars, gravel ballast and sodium yard lights, no logos or readable text

Freight Rail Slot Auctions Should Fund Rural Clinics, Not Arenas

We should steer KORAIL freight slot auction proceeds into rural clinic hours—not stadium naming deals—because September perishable backlogs show passenger prestige projects still eat path capacity harvest towns need.

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 18, 2026

Industrial cooling towers beside green rice fields under hazy afternoon light, concrete irrigation channel in foreground, distant factory silhouettes, no logos or readable text

Chip Fab Water Rights Need Public Ledgers Before Tax Credits

We should publish fab water withdrawals on an open ledger before extending Pyeongtaek-area semiconductor tax credits—drought seasons already pit chip plants against rice farmers on shared aquifers.

InfoHandle Editorial Sep 18, 2026