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Monday Seoul desks track EV tire contracts, cathode IRA audits, card reload caps, and cloud key mandates after the Chuseok lull
Monday's Korea Daily Update — twenty-four stories on Hankook EV pricing grids and GS Retail pharmacy fees, LG Energy Solution cathode guides and SK Biopharm label volatility, Woori and KB card bundles, LG Display OLED panels and SK Broadband FWA slicing, Naver and Upstage AI stacks, Dunamu stablecoin sandboxes and TwoPlan payroll float, Bucheon SIM farm raids and NHN Cloud CMK rules, boiler and Kospi settlement opinion, jeonse ballot pilots, KRISS fog lidar, Samsung Medical RSV kiosks, MBC drama remasters, Ansan multicultural calendars, Gangwon salamander buffers, Seoul compost RFID, and Jeju ferry motorhome queues.
BusinessHankook Tire Maps EV Contract Pricing Grid for European OEM 2027 Sourcing
Hankook Tire circulated a 2027 EV sourcing price grid to European automakers after board approval in Daejeon, tying silica tread compounds and rolling-resistance bands to volume tiers that start at 400,000 units.
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StocksLG Energy Solution Lifts Cathode Shipment Guide After U.S. IRA Credit Audit
Credit CardsWoori Card Pins KakaoPay Auto-Reload Limits After Teenage Scam Rings
AINaver HyperCLOVA X Opens Fine-Tune Sandboxes for Gyeonggi Municipal Chatbots
SecurityPolice Cyber Bureau Seizes SIM Farm Hardware in Bucheon Warehouse Raid
PoliticsInterior Ministry Schedules Tenant Ballot Pilots After Jeonse Dispute Spike
HealthSamsung Medical Center Expands RSV Nursery Triage Kiosks in Bundang Campus
TravelJeju Ferry Operators Add Standby Vehicle Queues for Return-Week Motorhome Traffic
LifestyleSeoul Apartment Compost Pilot Registers Kitchen Bin RFID Tags Before Winter
EnvironmentGangwon Province Seeds Salamander Habitat Buffers Near Ski Run Snowmaking Intakes
RelationshipMulticultural Couples in Ansan Navigate In-Law Chuseok Visit Calendars
EntertainmentMBC Archives Digitizes 1990s Drama Masters for Streaming Remaster Window
ScienceKRISS Publishes Coastal Fog Lidar Dataset for Busan Container Convoys
OpinionKospi Retail Order Books Need T+1 Settlement Clocks on Volatile Session Days
OpinionApartment Inspection Reports Should List Boiler Replacement Dates Before Fall Heating
SecurityNHN Cloud Mandates Customer-Managed Keys on Public-Sector Kubernetes Tenants
StartupsTwoPlan Maps Real-Time Payroll Float for Seoul Construction SMEs
StartupsDunamu Labs Ships Stablecoin Sandbox Modules for Won On-Ramp Pilots
AIUpstage Packages Law-Firm RAG Stacks for Seoul District Court Filings
TechnologySK Broadband Tests FWA Network Slicing for Daegu Factory IoT Cameras
TechnologyLG Display Ships OLED Gaming Panels to Domestic Monitor Brands for Fall Launches
Credit CardsKB Kookmin Bundles Jeonse Guarantee Fees With Mortgage Rate Locks
StocksSK Biopharm Whipsaws on Cenobamate EU Monotherapy Label Window
BusinessGS Retail Renegotiates CVS Korea Pharmacy Franchise Fees in Gangnam District
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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.
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.
NHN Cloud Mandates Customer-Managed Keys on Public-Sector Kubernetes Tenants
NHN Cloud will require customer-managed encryption keys on all public-sector Kubernetes tenants from November, blocking platform-held keys for ministries that failed a summer audit of secret rotation logs.
Police Cyber Bureau Seizes SIM Farm Hardware in Bucheon Warehouse Raid
The National Police Agency’s cyber bureau seized 412 SIM gateways and 1,900 prepaid cards in a Bucheon warehouse tied to voice-phishing rings, as carriers freeze bulk activations ahead of Chuseok remittance peaks.
TwoPlan Maps Real-Time Payroll Float for Seoul Construction SMEs
TwoPlan began mapping real-time payroll float for Seoul construction SMEs, linking site attendance tablets to subcontractor payout calendars so general contractors see which crews risk missing Friday wage transfers.
Dunamu Labs Ships Stablecoin Sandbox Modules for Won On-Ramp Pilots
Dunamu Labs shipped sandbox modules that let partner banks test won on-ramps into tokenized dollar liabilities, wiring travel-rule hooks and FSC reporting schemas before retail stablecoin ads go live.
Upstage Packages Law-Firm RAG Stacks for Seoul District Court Filings
Upstage bundled retrieval stacks for mid-size Seoul law firms indexing Seoul Central District Court e-filings, pairing Solar embeddings with citation checks that flag when draft briefs drift from uploaded docket PDFs.
Naver HyperCLOVA X Opens Fine-Tune Sandboxes for Gyeonggi Municipal Chatbots
Naver Cloud opened HyperCLOVA X fine-tune sandboxes for Gyeonggi municipal chatbots, giving county offices isolated GPUs to train on local welfare FAQs without mixing citizen data into commercial model pools.
SK Broadband Tests FWA Network Slicing for Daegu Factory IoT Cameras
SK Broadband opened a fixed-wireless access slice in Daegu’s west-side industrial belt, dedicating 5G capacity to factory roof cameras after wired fiber slips missed a robotics line go-live date.
LG Display Ships OLED Gaming Panels to Domestic Monitor Brands for Fall Launches
LG Display began volume shipments of 27-inch WOLED gaming panels to domestic monitor assemblers ahead of fall retail resets, pairing 240Hz modes with factory-calibrated color sheets Korean brands use to dodge import duty on finished displays.
KB Kookmin Bundles Jeonse Guarantee Fees With Mortgage Rate Locks
KB Kookmin Bank bundled jeonse deposit guarantee insurance premiums with mortgage rate-lock products for Seoul renters upgrading to owner-occupier loans, quoting a single won fee sheet ahead of autumn lease turnover.
Woori Card Pins KakaoPay Auto-Reload Limits After Teenage Scam Rings
Woori Card capped KakaoPay auto-reload triggers linked to its cards after police linked teenage scam rings to rapid micro-top-ups, cutting default reloads to 30,000 won for minors and requiring parental app consent.
SK Biopharm Whipsaws on Cenobamate EU Monotherapy Label Window
SK Biopharmaceuticals shares swung double digits after European regulators opened a monotherapy label window for cenobamate tablets in focal epilepsy, setting a December committee date investors are already modeling.
LG Energy Solution Lifts Cathode Shipment Guide After U.S. IRA Credit Audit
LG Energy Solution raised cathode shipment guidance for U.S. battery plants after Treasury auditors signed off on IRA foreign-entity rules for its Michigan and Tennessee cathode lines, lifting Kosdaq sentiment on Friday.
GS Retail Renegotiates CVS Korea Pharmacy Franchise Fees in Gangnam District
GS Retail reopened franchise fee tables for CVS Korea pharmacy counters in Gangnam after store-owner councils threatened walkouts, trimming royalty points on night-shift staffing and OTC planogram resets.
Hankook Tire Maps EV Contract Pricing Grid for European OEM 2027 Sourcing
Hankook Tire circulated a 2027 EV sourcing price grid to European automakers after board approval in Daejeon, tying silica tread compounds and rolling-resistance bands to volume tiers that start at 400,000 units.