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English-language South Korean newspaper published by the JoongAng media group, covering Korean politics, business and industry.
Foreign investors sold a net $14.16 billion of Korean stocks and $5.81 billion of bonds in September, Bank of Korea data showed Friday. August's net stock buying was $40 million, after selling that began in January.
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Seoul's customs data shows no fuel exports to Russia, though the Guardian reports more than 176,000 tons loaded on seven tankers at South Korean ports. Customs counts only declared cargo, so both figures may stand and the seller stays unknown.
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Korea's won weakened 0.75% to 1,345.1 per dollar on a day foreign investors sold more than 4.5 trillion won of Kospi shares in a 5.46% fall. Exporters' dollar sales blunted the demand for dollars, Korea JoongAng Daily reported, so a short-won hedge recovered little of the equity loss.
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Korean exports of seven food, beauty and bio products reached $15.59 billion in January-August, 4.2 times 2016 against 2.2 times for all exports. On the chamber's figures the U.S. and Europe now take 52% of it, up from 19%.
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Renault has dropped plans to supply North America from its Busan plant and is recasting it as an export hub for Europe and Latin America. The Korea JoongAng Daily links the exit to US curbs on Chinese-linked vehicles.
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Bank of Korea raised its growth forecasts to 3.3% for 2026 and 2.9% for 2027, saying chip-export income is spreading to consumer spending. The central bank is also tightening, so the test is whether household spending follows the income.
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Arizona distributor asked South Korean booksellers for used Korean-language books by the pallet or container, JoongAng Daily reported. The report does not name an AI company as the end customer, so the suspicion rests on how the buyer buys.
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Korean business owners aged 60 or older rose by 184,226 in the year to August, more than the country's 133,382 net gain in all operators, tax data show. Every age group under 60 shrank, so the count now rests on people past retirement age, many of them working because their pensions fall short.
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Two Malaysian sites take Firmus past 900MW of contracted capacity, though five of its seven data centres are still unbuilt, which puts the scarce input in this trade on the grid side rather than the silicon side.
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Samsung and SK Hynix have pulled fabs that were not due until around 2045 into the early 2030s. The working group drafting Korea's 12th electricity plan is still working out how much of that power to believe.
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