Market Signals

CBOE Skew Index $145.64 ↑ 1.2% 73th %ile (fear)

(YONHAP INTERVIEW) KOREA'S INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT 'LOFTY CRY' FOR UNIVERSAL VALUES: HISTORIAN - YONHAP

AHN JUNG-GEUN'S FOOTSTEPS AT LUSHUN PRISON FADE WITH REMOVAL OF KOREAN LABELS - YONHAP

NEGLECTED OVERSEAS KOREAN INDEPENDENCE SITES RAISE CALLS FOR BETTER PRESERVATION - YONHAP

ANONYMOUS "BULL" LARGE MODEL TRACED TO ZHIPU LINEAGE; SOME SUSPECT CURSOR WAS TRAINED ON OPEN-SOURCE GLM. - QBITAI

(LEAD) NEW TRADE CHIEF VOWS ALL-OUT EFFORTS TO MANAGE SEOUL-WASHINGTON TRADE RISKS - YONHAP

State Street Health Care Select ($XLV) $174.62 ↑ 1.3% 98th %ile

HANMI PHARM SIGNS 3.2 TLN-WON LICENSING DEAL WITH ROCHE'S GENENTECH FOR OBESITY DRUG CANDIDATE - YONHAP

State Street Health Care Select ($XLV) $174.62 ↑ 1.3% 98th %ile

S. KOREA'S WAGE JOBS RISE 292,000 IN Q1, LED BY WELFARE, HOSPITALITY SECTORS - YONHAP

NEW TRADE CHIEF VOWS ALL-OUT EFFORTS TO MANAGE SEOUL-WASHINGTON TRADE RISKS - YONHAP

S. KOREA CREATES DOMESTIC GUIDELINES ON NATO STANDARDS TO HELP BOOST DEFENSE EXPORTS - YONHAP

FTC PROPOSES GUIDELINES TO BOOST TRANSPARENCY AT PREPAID INSTALLMENT FIRMS - YONHAP

PARAMOUNT, CALIFORNIA AG OFFICE REPORTEDLY PLAN TO MEET MONDAY TO DISCUSS SETTLING WBD LAWSUIT - CNBC

SEOUL STOCKS OPEN LOWER ON PROFIT-TAKING, AHEAD OF NVIDIA EARNINGS - YONHAP

(LEAD) SEOUL STOCKS OPEN LOWER ON PROFIT-TAKING AHEAD OF NVIDIA EARNINGS - YONHAP

(EDITORIAL FROM KOREA JOONGANG DAILY ON AUG. 24) - YONHAP

(EDITORIAL FROM THE KOREA HERALD ON AUG. 24) - YONHAP

(EDITORIAL FROM THE KOREA TIMES ON AUG. 24) - YONHAP

HANG SENG INDEX ($HSI) $26009.46 ↑ 1.2% 97th %ile

RAY DALIO SAYS BESSENT MOVE IS SIGN THAT A DEBT CRISIS IS GETTING CLOSER; RECOMMENDS GOLD AND BITCOIN - CNBC

MINGLUE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS WITH HIKROBOT TO APPEAR AT THE WORLD ROBOT CONFERENCE, JOINTLY ENTERING COMMERCIAL ROBOT SCENARIOS WITH "AGENT + EMBODIED"

WHY YOUR LOCAL LLM FEELS DUMBER THAN IT IS - HN

BOND YIELDS HEAD HIGHER AGAIN, GIVING BACK ALMOST ALL GAINS SINCE TREASURY DEPARTMENT INTERVENTION - YAHOO

THE GAS TURBINE SHORTAGE JUST BECAME AI BIGGEST CONSTRAINT

EMBEDDED AI - HN

REHASHING OLD DEMOS AT THE WRC EXHIBITION? DIGGING INTO QIANXUN'S HIDDEN FULL-STACK CARDS BENEATH THE SURFACE. - QBITAI

DALIO SAYS SELL BONDS, BUY GOLD, BITCOIN AS DEBT CRISIS LOOMS - BLOOMBERG.COM - GNEWS

NOMURA-BACKED LASER DIGITAL WINS JAPAN'S FIRST CRYPTO APPROVAL IN FOUR YEARS - COINDESK

Harmony Gold sees higher full-year earnings as rising metal prices boost revenue

US TREASURY BUYBACK STRATEGY FALLS SHORT AS DEBT WORRIES PERSIST - YAHOO

PALO ALTO NETWORKS: UPCOMING EARNINGS BEAT, VALUATION IS CRAZY - SEEKINGALPHA

REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS BACKS MICHIGAN DATA CENTER MORATORIUM - POLITICO

HANG SENG INDEX ($HSI) $26009.46 ↑ 1.2% 98th %ile

BACKLASH AS US NAVY CARRIER SET TO HONOR BLACK WAR HERO MAY REPORTEDLY BE RENAMED AFTER TRUMP - GUARDIAN

U.S. DECLARES 'ECONOMIC D-DAY' ON IRAN - SEEKINGALPHA

CALIFORNIA AG TELLS CNBC THAT SETTLING PARAMOUNT-WBD LAWSUIT WOULD REQUIRE 'ROBUST STRUCTURAL REMEDIES' - CNBC

'THE ODYSSEY' TOPS 6 MLN ADMISSIONS IN S. KOREA - YONHAP

(PROFILE) TRADE EXPERT NAMED S. KOREA'S NEW TRADE MINISTER - YONHAP

DOWRY CASE AGAINST 11 AFTER WOMAN, SON KILLED IN HARYANA - TOI

TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT DOUBLES US LONG-BOND BUYBACKS IN THE FACE OF SURGING YIELDS - YAHOO

DID TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT JUST SAVE THE BOND MARKET? PROBABLY NOT — HERE’S WHAT TRADERS NEED TO KNOW. - YAHOO

(3RD LD) KAKAO CORP. TO SPINOFF CORE BIZ TO STRENGTHEN AI CAPABILITIES - YONHAP

SHOW HN: HUZZAH – A NOVEL APPROACH TO CODING WITH AI - HN

CHEONG WA DAE SAYS N. KOREA'S DEROGATORY REMARKS UNHELPFUL TO BUILDING MUTUAL TRUST - YONHAP

DP LEADER VOWS SUPPORT FOR LEE'S EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH N. KOREA - YONHAP

(2ND LD) KAKAO CORP. TO SPINOFF CORE BIZ TO STRENGTHEN AI CAPABILITIES - YONHAP

NEW BOK SENIOR DEPUTY GOV. CALLS FOR PRUDENT, FLEXIBLE MONETARY POLICY - YONHAP

(LEAD) S. KOREA TO LAUNCH 'FUTURE FUND' WITH 'WINDFALL REVENUE' AMID CHIP BOOM - YONHAP

SEOUL STOCKS TAD HIGHER LATE FRI. MORNING ON CHIP GAINS - YONHAP