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- Kakao Pay Reworks Store Fees as KBO Wild Card Goes to Game Three
- Ambassador recall, Kospi at 6,625, and a packed vaccine Monday
- Yeosu Cracker Run, ETF Cash-Blackout Flows, and a Daejeon No-Hitter
- Hangul Day halts the Kospi at 6,625.93 while Samsung’s 107.4-trillion-won profit ripples through suppliers
- Samsung Guides 106-Trillion-Won Quarter as Banks Race Security Deadline
- Audit Week Meets Kospi 7,003 and a Crowded KBO Finish
- Seoul Markets Paused for Gaecheonjeol as Inspection Week and KBO Playoffs Loom
- Kospi Closes Above 7,000 as Won Firms and October Politics Heat Up
- Gaecheonjeol Pauses Trading After Kospi Reclaims 7,000
- Buyback cliff meets 6,971 Kospi as Seoul tightens offshore game agents
- Record September Exports Lift Kospi as October Session Opens
- Samsung Bets a Billion on AI Campuses as Kospi Gives Back Its Morning Record
- Seoul Markets Reopen With Yeongil Bay Gas Work, Kosdaq Materials Rally, and DMZ Briefing Fallout
- Markets reopen after Chuseok as Mexico MOUs hit filings and regulators tighten holiday fraud defenses
- Mexico MOUs, DMZ Probe, and Chuseok Close as Seoul Markets Prepare to Reopen
- Chuseok rainouts hit KBO, Assassin(s) tops holiday box office, and Lee regrets Zelenskyy POW disclosure
- Chuseok return parcels jam CJ hubs, ministries face KPA POW briefing pressure, and KBO stacks Gwangju doubleheaders
- K League shifts Daegu kickoff as Chuseok jams highways, Kospi shuts four days, and FSS flags rest-area QR scams
- Kospi climbs on Samsung-led chip rally as Chuseok returns pack flights and BOK won scrutiny extends
- Monday Seoul desks track EV tire contracts, cathode IRA audits, card reload caps, and cloud key mandates after the Chuseok lull
- Post-Chuseok return traffic meets steel export math, HBM tool orders, and tighter bank and broker security rails across Seoul desks
- Hyundai union opens Chuseok wage talks as Kospi memory names wobble, banks tighten fraud rails, and Seoul tech pilots sovereign AI