South Korea’s household credit is now reported as effectively certain to cross ₩2,000 trillion, although the official second-quarter total has not yet been used as a confirmed figure. The milestone sharpens a policy contradiction: mortgages remain the main engine of borrowing just as the Bank of Korea has begun tightening and the government has given lenders more room to expand credit.
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On Liberation Day, President Lee Jae Myung called for talks aimed at replacing the Korean War armistice with a peace regime. The proposal matters less as a sudden diplomatic breakthrough than as a clearer statement of how Seoul wants to manage a frozen relationship: reduce the risk of accidental conflict first, then create room for negotiations that can also address nuclear constraints.
A renewable four-year presidency is the headline. The more consequential part of Lee Jae Myung’s constitutional agenda is the attempt to redistribute powers that have long been concentrated in the presidency.
Games, webtoons, streaming, cosplay, creators, AI and XR are sharing the same convention floor at COEX. The mix is a compact picture of how Korea’s content business increasingly revolves around IP that can move between formats.
BIC 2026 opened at BEXCO with roughly 280 indie games, a conference and business matching. The festival’s real test is whether discovery turns into publishing, financing and distribution after the booths come down.
Deaths, livestock losses and damaged crops are turning Korea’s extreme summer into a test of climate adaptation, food supply and protection for vulnerable workers.
The benchmark has rebounded roughly 22% from its July 30 low as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix recover, showing just how violently Korea’s AI-driven market can reverse direction.
The airport handled 38.39 million international passengers in the first half of 2026, strengthening Korea’s hub ambitions — although disrupted Middle East routes helped reshape global traffic.