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South Korea foreign‑exchange dynamics

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Latest: South Korea's corporate dollar deposits hit record high as export earnings surge

In late July 2026 the U.S. Treasury Department’s semiannual foreign‑exchange report kept South Korea on its monitoring list, citing a large bilateral trade surplus and a 6.6 %‑of‑GDP current‑account surplus driven by sem

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South Korea crypto and CBDC developments

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Latest: NHN KCP and Shinhan Bank Join South Korea’s Project Hangang Phase 2 for CBDC Payments

By early July 2026 South Korea’s financial sector deepened its digital‑asset push. Hana Investment & Securities and OKX Ventures each took 20 % stakes in Coinone; banks and conglomerates bought shares in Upbit, Korbit an

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AI memory boom drives massive deals and earnings

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Latest: South Korea unveils $950 bn AI partnership with Samsung, SK Group, Nvidia

Following TSMC’s $100 billion Arizona investment and Samsung’s Asan HBM line expansion, July 2026 saw a second wave of AI‑memory activity. During President Lee Jae‑Myung’s visit to San Francisco, Samsung Electronics sign

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South Korea equity market adjustments

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Latest: South Korea's KOSPI volatility spikes as AI hopes and investor flows diverge

In late June, South Korea’s National Pension Service announced it would resume its domestic‑stock rebalancing in July after a pause that had helped lift the KOSPI and the won. Analysts expected the fund to trim its overw