August 10, 2026
Stories from this day
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Issues · 3 min readKim takes Gangwon and Daegu-Gyeongbuk — and 71% of the vote is still ahead
Combined Gangwon, Daegu and Gyeongbuk vote: Kim Min-seok 48.54%, Jung Chung-rae 44.40%, Song Young-gil 7.06%
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World · 2 min readNetanyahu rejects the 15-point Gaza plan — "genuine disarmament, not fictitious"
Netanyahu told ministers Sunday he wants "genuine disarmament, not fictitious disarmament" before any withdrawal
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Tech · 3 min readOpenAI hit the brakes on its own model — Astra and the first "critical" cyber rating
On August 7 OpenAI said it had halted Astra activities that do not yet meet strengthened security requirements
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Economy · 2 min readS&P 500 closes at a record 7,757.64 — KOSPI ends the week at 6,258.77
Friday in New York: S&P 500 7,757.64 (+0.62%) and Nasdaq 26,690.62 (+1.30%) at records, Dow 54,036.93 (+0.28%)
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World · 3 min readIran puts a price on reopening Hormuz — reparations, and about a week left
Foreign Minister Araghchi says Iran and Oman are "very close" on a new maritime routing through the strait
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Tech · 3 min readWhat comes after HBM — Samsung stacks onto the GPU, SK bridges to NAND
Samsung unveiled zHBM and 400-plus-layer 10th-generation NAND at FMS 2026 in Santa Clara
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Economy · 4 min readUS CPI explained — why one monthly number moves rates everywhere
CPI is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in headline and core (ex-food-and-energy) forms
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Issues · 3 min readWhat a 'rights member' is — six dues payments buy a vote in Korean politics
Joining a Korean party is easy; voting inside it requires meeting tenure and dues conditions
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Tech · 4 min readZero-day explained — why an unpatched flaw is the most expensive thing in security
The name refers to the days a vendor has had to fix it: zero
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Economy · 5 min readWhy rising bond yields push stocks down — one formula and three exceptions
Equity value is future cash flows discounted to the present, and the discount rate starts from the risk-free government bond yield