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Impending Completion Struck by Disaster... KOMIPO and Doosan Dispatch Emergency Response Teams As you just heard, contact has been lost with nine South Koreans at a hydroelectric power plant construction site following floods in Nepal. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:46 PM

Contact Lost at Hydropower Construction Site in Nepal; KOMIPO and Doosan Dispatch Emergency Response Teams The nine South Korean nationals whose whereabouts are currently unknown are at a hydropower plant construction site in the Rasuwa district of Nepal. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:46 PM

Contact Lost at Hydropower Site... KOEN and Doosan Dispatch Emergency Response Teams Ten South Korean employees have lost contact at a hydropower plant construction site in the Rasuwa district of Nepal. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:45 PM

Homeplus Suppliers Object to Rehabilitation Plan Proposing 0.5% Payment on Goods Claims Suppliers that have yet to receive payment for goods supplied to Homeplus have expressed that they cannot accept the rehabilitation plan's proposal for repaying commercial administrative claims. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:12 PM

BOK: "IT's Growing Weight Is an Opportunity to Elevate Economic Growth to a Higher Level" The Bank of Korea projected that the semiconductor market expansion will continue at least through the first half of next year, significantly increasing the share of information technology manufacturing, including semiconductors, in the overall economy. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:11 PM

Investor Deposits Drop Back Below 100 Trillion Won... Margin Trading Balance Rises to 33 Trillion Won Range Investor deposits, considered standby funds for the stock market, have fallen back below the 100 trillion won mark. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:08 PM

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix Trim Gains After Morning Surge to Close Up 1% to 2% Boosted by blockbuster earnings from global AI bellwether Nvidia, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which surged temporarily in early trading on the 27th, finished the regular trading session up by 1% and 2%, respectively. SBS Aug 27, 2026 4:08 PM

2 Million Won Robot Vacuum... The Tech Hegemony War Reaches the Living Room Low-priced robot vacuums are a thing of the past. They spray 180-degree steam directly onto the floor, wiping and scrubbing repeatedly. SBS Aug 27, 2026 3:00 PM

Bank of Korea Raises Base Rate for Second Consecutive Time to 3%... Growth Forecast Upgraded to 3.3% The Bank of Korea has decided to raise the base rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3 percent per annum. SBS Aug 27, 2026 12:25 PM

BOK Board Members See Key Rate Reaching Up to 3.50% in 6 Months, Favoring 1-2 More Hikes During the monetary policy direction meeting this morning, where the board raised the base rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.00% per annum, 16 out of the total 21 dots were plotted at levels higher than the current rate. SBS Aug 27, 2026 10:50 AM