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Tasting Gim Bugak and Asking, "How Do You Make This?"… Syria Welcomes 'K-Halal' "How is this made?" Nada Aswad, a director at the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs who tasted Korean gim bugak for the first time, quickly finished three pieces. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:56 PM

US Asset Managers Push for Japan Single-Stock Leverage ETFs, Igniting Volatility Warnings As U.S. asset management firms actively pursue the listing of single-stock leverage and inverse ETFs based on Japanese companies, concerns over extreme stock price volatility are growing louder. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:48 PM

Chinese Experts Express Optimism Over CXMT IPO, Expecting Challenges to Samsung and SK Hynix to Reshape Market According to the Chinese state-run media outlet Global Times on July 27, Chinese experts view CXMT's listing as a historic transition for China's memory industry from "technological catching-up" to large-scale capacity expansion. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:45 PM

Houthi Provocations Cause Number of Vessels Passing Through Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb to Plummet to 11 According to Reuters on the 26th local time, maritime analytics firm Kpler stated that 11 commodity-carrying vessels passed through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait the previous day, marking the lowest level in recent months. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:34 PM

"9 Kioxia Leverage ETFs Awaiting Launch on US Stock Market" As this marks the first time a single-stock leveraged ETF for a Japanese company is being listed, it is anticipated that the volatility of Kioxia's stock price will amplify further. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:28 PM

Chaos Ensues Amid Additional Evacuation Orders... Wildfires Continue to Spread Across Parts of Europe Multiple wildfires in France and Spain continue to spread. More than 300,000 residents and tourists have been evacuated, and in France, even the Bordeaux region, well-known for its wine production, is being threatened. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:25 PM

Go Woo-suk Denies Foreign Substance Allegation: "Used Since the WBC, I Am Innocent" Woo-suk Go, a pitcher for the Minnesota Twins currently playing in Minor League Baseball who received a 10-game suspension for allegedly using a foreign substance on his glove, has appealed his innocence via social media. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:24 PM

Crypto Exchanges Launch CXMT Derivatives to Bypass Regulations Cryptocurrency exchanges RateXYZ and Gate.io have launched perpetual futures contracts tracking the share price of CXMT ahead of its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market (a market dedicated to science and technology stocks) scheduled for the 27th, the newspaper reported. SBS Jul 27, 2026 2:21 PM

Catching Returning Rockets With a Net: Harbin Institute of Technology Gathers Space Talent The first-stage booster that separated from China's Long March-10B rocket approaches a platform at sea, reducing its speed through retro-propulsion. SBS Jul 27, 2026 12:47 PM

Korea Has 3, China Has 90: The Widening 'Technology Gap' A massive circular facility that takes about 10 minutes just to ride a bus around its entire circumference. SBS Jul 27, 2026 12:45 PM