August 13, 2026
Stories from this day
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Economy · 4 min readKOSPI closes at 6,579.04 on August 12, 2026 — foreigners buy 2.8tn won in one session
Close 6,579.04 — up 233.51 points (+3.68%). Open 6,438.50, intraday high 6,668.43
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Economy · 4 min readUS July CPI comes in at 3.4% on August 12, 2026 — September hike odds fall to 42%
Headline CPI +0.1% m/m and 3.4% y/y — down 0.1 point from June's 3.5%
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Tech · 4 min readNvidia's $500bn compute financing platform — the moment GPUs became collateral
MOUs with six financial institutions, targeting over $500bn of third-party capital
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World · 3 min readColombia earthquake death toll passes 250 — more than 3,000 still missing
Magnitude 7.4 on August 10 — epicentre San José del Palmar, about 240km west of Bogotá
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World · 3 min readTurkey passes PKK pardon bill 468 to 88 — the condition that ends 40 years
Passed 468 to 88 — twelve articles covering disarmament and reintegration procedures
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Sports · 3 min readKBO results for August 12, 2026 — leaders KT win 7-3, second-placed Samsung lose
Results — Doosan 6-3 Hanwha, LG 8-3 Kiwoom, SSG 8-4 Lotte, KIA 3-1 Samsung, KT 7-3 NC
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Economy · 4 min readKorea's sidecar rule explained — 5%, one minute, five minutes
KOSPI: futures 5% held for one minute. KOSDAQ: futures 6% and cash index 3% together
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Economy · 5 min readShareholder returns explained — why a buyback only counts once shares are cancelled
Total shareholder return ratio = (dividends + buybacks) ÷ net income
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Issues · 4 min readWhat magnitude 7.4 means — one step up is 32 times the energy
One magnitude per earthquake, one intensity per location — they measure different things
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Issues · 5 min readKorea's 2026 policy changes — minimum wage, child allowance, unemployment pay
Minimum wage 10,320 won an hour — about 2.157m won a month on the 209-hour basis