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Hangul Day halts the Kospi at 6,625.93 while Samsung’s 107.4-trillion-won profit ripples through suppliers
Your Daily Update for 2026-10-09 — cash equities pause for a long weekend after chip profit-taking, regulators extend cyber alerts, and Kiwoom clinches the KBO wild card on run differential.
BusinessPackaging Bottleneck Weighs on Memory Suppliers Even as Samsung Posts 107.4-Trillion-Won Q3 Profit
Samsung’s 107.4-trillion-won preliminary operating profit stole Thursday’s headlines, but substrate and packaging vendors say lead times and test capacity—not wafer demand—are where margins are thinning.
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StocksHangul Day Freezes Kospi at 6,625.93 Until Tuesday Reopen as Derivatives Stay Active
SecurityFSC Extends Caution-Level Cyber Alert After Credential Dumps Follow Portal Blackout
PoliticsOpposition Demands Closed Briefing on Ukraine Detainee Leak After Envoy Recall
ScienceKARI Releases Telemetry Showing Fifth Nuri Mission Inserted 15 CubeSats Into Planned Orbits
SportsKiwoom Heroes Clinch Fifth Place as Lotte Giants Miss Wild Card on Run Differential
AIHospital AI Ethics Panel Flags Hallucinated Drug Interactions in Pilot Chatbot Audits
OpinionEditorial: A Four-Day Market Holiday Cannot Delay Publishing Youth Pension Liabilities
EntertainmentCJ ENM Shifts Autumn Music Week Indoors at Jamsil Olympic Hall as Storm Front Nears
HealthNHIS Opens RSV Vaccine Appointments for Infants in Gyeonggi After Ward Saturation Reports
TechnologyKakaoBank Retires PDF Loan Forms After Regulator's Oct. 8 Recruiter Portal Shutdown
Credit CardsBC Card Ties Korail Mobile Top-Ups to Transit Miles During Four-Day Cash-Market Pause
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