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Korean markets, in 20 seconds
Every clip is one story from our desk, built straight from official Korean data — the same figures as the written piece, with a link to it. Silent, vertical, 61 in all. No tips, no targets. Not investment advice.
FXThe won just hit a 14-month high, two months after its worst point
RatesKorea's bond curve, one day: 3.47% at a year, 4.64% at thirty — then it dips
EquitiesKOSPI hit 6,835.8, then fell 4% next day
RatesSix bonds were 90% of a day's Korean bond trading
EquitiesOne in twenty listed Korean stocks didn't trade a single share
EquitiesKorea's 10 largest listed companies — and why most rankings double-count Samsung
MacroKorea's stock market and trade: the top four are half of everything
EquitiesFour stocks are half of Korea's entire stock market
FXThe won, not the goods, drove much of Korea's imported inflation
EquitiesKOSDAQ is 7% of the market's value but 16% of its trading
RatesKorea is quietly moving onto floating rates — and companies are moving fastest
CommoditiesKorea's oil exchange traded half as much fuel in 2026, and its auction has gone quiet four days in five
MacroKorea's producer prices rose 7.7% — its chip prices tripled
MacroSouth Korea's biggest export and import partners: two giants, one supplier
EquitiesWomen are 57% of the workforce at Korea's apparel firms and 8% at its steelmakers
MacroKorea's leading indicator has climbed for a year. Its coincident gauge has barely moved.
MacroKorea's trade surplus comes from a handful of partners — and drains to a different set
EquitiesFive Korean firms filed share buybacks today. Only one is cancelling the shares.
EquitiesA third of Korea's listed companies drew an analyst report this year — research piles on a short list
EquitiesWomen hold about 7% of Korean listed-company board seats, and more than half of firms have none
EquitiesIn Korea, the brokers that promise the most upside hit their targets the least
EquitiesKorean brokers say Buy on four reports in five, and almost never say Sell
EquitiesIn every Korean sector, the biggest companies pay more and keep people longer
EquitiesIn Korea, finance pays about twice what tech does — and tech isn't even second
EquitiesThe Korean sectors that keep their workers longest employ the fewest women
MacroWorking for a Korean company pays a quarter more than working for an owner
EquitiesHow long each Korean industry keeps the people it hires, from 16 years down to under four
CommoditiesKorea's oil exchange prints two prices for the same fuel, and they disagree four days in ten
EquitiesHow much of a Korean company's life does its average worker see? At most two-fifths of it
EquitiesIn Korea, the industries that hold their workers longest are mostly the ones that pay them most
EquitiesKorean brokerages' price targets are met about one time in five
EquitiesThe Korean sectors that employ women, and the ones that barely do
MacroIn Korea, bigger employers pay more — and the pension data shows it rising at every single step.
EquitiesShinhan's longest fractional-share list is mostly unbuyable
FundsKorea has 183,351 registered funds, and the factory that makes them is slowing down.
CommoditiesKorea's import prices rose 9% in the seller's currency and 20% in won. The gap is the exchange rate.
MacroIn one Korean province, workers leave the payroll fastest — and it pays the least.
RatesEvery kind of Korean bank loan turned more variable this year. Companies moved fastest.
EquitiesMarket value per employee ranges 3,100-fold across Korean firms. Almost all of it is an artifact.
MacroThe older an industry's firms, the fewer workers it loses. In Korea the link is strong.
MacroKorea's oldest workplaces are its banks. Its youngest are building sites and coffee shops.
MacroKorea's pay map doesn't put Seoul on top. A shipbuilding city does.
MacroKorea's smallest firms lose workers 1.6x as fast as its largest. The pay ladder runs the other way.
MacroSix in ten formally employed Koreans work in the capital region. It barely pays more.
EquitiesKorea's convertibles create new shares at a 24% discount. Cash raises, 12%.
MacroKorea's pension bill sorts 11.6 million workers into a pay ladder. Top to bottom, 2.3 times.
FXChina is Korea's biggest trade partner, but almost none of its surplus
EquitiesOne in three Korean listed companies files its headcount in pieces. Forty-two add it up.
EquitiesKorean firms with more women underperformed by 17 points last year. Control for industry and the gap vanishes.
EquitiesKorean analysts didn't just stop saying sell. They stopped saying hold.
EquitiesA Korean ETF above its stated value falls back tomorrow — unless it holds Asian stocks, in which case it rises
CommoditiesKorean gold fell 31%. Trading in it went up, not down.
EquitiesFour of Korea's ten best-paying listed companies employ fewer than 200 people
RatesKorea's provinces all borrow at the same price — the gaps are empty order books
EquitiesIn 76 percent of Korea's large listed companies, men stay longer than women
EquitiesKOSPI fell 31% from its peak. It is still up 48% this year.
EquitiesKorean banks are up 6% since the KOSPI peaked. The index is down 31% because it is 60% semiconductors.
EquitiesKorean brokerages posted 26,051 stock reports in three years. Twenty-six said sell.
MacroKorea publishes two housing numbers. They routinely disagree, and both are right.
FundsWho watches Korea's private fund managers? Less of the market than you would think
MacroWhy the Korean market numbers you can legally read are always a day old