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Government Moves to Reform Unemployment Benefits Amid Controversy Over Higher Payouts Than Minimum Wage The government has begun reforming the unemployment benefits system to prevent a phenomenon where unemployment benefit payments exceed the actual take-home pay of minimum wage workers. SBS Jul 18, 2026 8:45 PM

"Fulfill the Promise of Dedicated Mortgages": Pre-subscription Winners of Profit-Sharing Housing Hold Rally The Emergency Committee for New:Home Shared and Selective Type Pre-subscription held the rally in front of the National Assembly in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, demanding that the government apply the dedicated mortgage terms as stated in the pre-subscription announcement from December 2022. SBS Jul 18, 2026 6:56 PM

Constitution Day Saves the Market... Calls for "Make Monday a Temporary Holiday" "Constitution Day has saved the KOSPI." Following the U.S. semiconductor stock plunge, posts flooded online communities yesterday , Constitution Day, expressing relief that the South Korean stock market avoided the shock due to the holiday closure. SBS Jul 18, 2026 6:04 PM

Discovery of Knowledge: "China's Semiconductor Industry Will Not Fail"... The 'Chicken Game' Awaiting Samsung and SK Hynix (ft. Professor Kwon Seok-jun) The country that poses the greatest threat to South Korea's thriving semiconductor industry is none other than China. SBS Jul 18, 2026 6:02 PM

"2.2 Billion Won, Not Even in Seoul"... Dongtan Is Following in the Footsteps of Silicon Valley [Video Mug] A neighborhood where a house listed for 6 billion won sells for 10 billion won in just one week—this is San Francisco, flooded with . SBS Jul 18, 2026 4:21 PM

Park Hong-keun: "Semiconductor Boom Will Not End Abruptly; Major Investment in Youth Policy" Minister of Planning and Budget Park Hong-keun stated today that, based on discussions within the government, he does not believe the semiconductor boom will end abruptly. SBS Jul 18, 2026 3:28 PM

President Lee Calls for Increase in Agricultural Subsidies; Song Mi-ryung Notes Korea Lags Behind Developed Nations According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs today , Minister Song detailed the status of farm subsidies, which were discussed during a policy briefing on July 16, on her X account yesterday. SBS Jul 18, 2026 3:27 PM

Kim Yong-beom: "AI Industry Requires Massive Physical Infrastructure; Success Must Benefit Future Generations" Kim Yong-beom, the Blue House Policy Chief, stated that the artificial intelligence production system requires a physical foundation as massive as, or sometimes even greater than, traditional heavy industries, and argued that a new role for the state is necessary to support this. SBS Jul 18, 2026 3:26 PM

Falling Together, Rising Alone: KOSDAQ’s Frustrating Decoupling However, while both markets tend to fluctuate together when major domestic semiconductor stocks like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix decline, an asymmetric trend has emerged where the KOSDAQ is relatively left behind during bull markets. SBS Jul 18, 2026 9:59 AM

Gas Prices Drop for 9th Consecutive Week, but Decline Slows Amid Rising Middle East Tensions However, the pace of the decline for both gasoline and diesel has slowed as anxieties over the Middle East conflict have intensified once again. SBS Jul 18, 2026 9:38 AM