1. As soon as the domestic stock market opened, it showed a surging trend, triggering buy sidecars in both the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets. Investor sentiment revived as semiconductor stocks, which had suffered from sell-offs on the New York stock market overnight, surged by double digits.
2. At the National Assembly plenary session, a filibuster standoff continues for the second day over the revision bill to the Criminal Procedure Act, which completely bans prosecutors from conducting direct investigations. The Democratic Party plans to forcibly end the debate this afternoon (the 31st) and put it to a vote.
3. Heatwave warnings were issued for most parts of the country again today. Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, which recorded 40°C (104°F) for two consecutive days, is expected to rise up to 40°C (104°F) today as well.
4. President Lee Jae-myung held a South Korea-Chile summit at the La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago, agreeing to improve the bilateral FTA and strengthen cooperation on core minerals such as copper and lithium. President Lee is now heading to Argentina, the final stop of this South American tour.
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