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South Korea's Exports Exceed $900 Billion for First Time... Annual '$1 Trillion' Goal Within Reach South Korea's cumulative exports from January to October have surpassed $900 billion for the first time in history. SBS Nov 1, 2026 12:29 PM

Government to Track Coastal Catches and Distribution While Minimizing Burden on Fishermen The policy aims to secure maximum catch information while minimizing the burdens and obligations placed on fishermen. SBS Nov 1, 2026 11:53 AM

South Korea's Annual Exports Exceed $900 Billion for First Time... October Exports Hit $115.3 Billion South Korea's cumulative exports from January to October have surpassed $900 billion for the first time in history. SBS Nov 1, 2026 10:25 AM

About 4 in 10 Middle-Class Individuals Saw Incomes Drop, Highest in 4 Years Since COVID-19 About 4 in 10 middle-class individuals saw their earned and business incomes decrease. SBS Nov 1, 2026 10:18 AM

Share of Deposits Yielding Mid-4% Hits 2 Years and 9 Months High... Loans Under 3% Disappear This is the result of commercial and internet-only banks engaging in rate competition by introducing special products amid rising market interest rates. SBS Nov 1, 2026 10:11 AM

Banks' Non-Performing Loans Increase by 1.3 Trillion Won in a Year... Highest in 8 Years and 6 Months According to the financial sector on November 1, the total amount of substandard or below loans at the five major commercial banks (KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and NH Nonghyup) reached 7.6133 trillion won at the end of the third quarter. SBS Nov 1, 2026 10:10 AM

Bond Market Outlook for November: Supply Pressures Meet Expectations for Safety-Driven Gains While some analyses suggest that because the competitive bidding scale did not decrease compared to October and the proportion of ultra-long-term bonds increased, it could act as a factor driving up ultra-long-term interest rates, other opinions emphasize that the trend of reduced issuance has continued following October. SBS Nov 1, 2026 10:07 AM

Will Annual 52 Trillion Won Tax Revenue Errors Decrease? Bill Proposed to Force Disclosure of Revenue Forecast Grounds Rep. Kim Nam-jun of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly's Strategy and Finance Committee, announced today that he has representative-proposed an amendment to the National Finance Act, which stipulates that the revenue budget estimation analysis report published by the government must include a revenue estimation model reflecting changed economic conditions and institutional changes such as tax law revisions. SBS Nov 1, 2026 10:05 AM

Samsung and SK Hynix Move in Tandem 8 Out of 10 Days, but Diverge on Q3 Earnings Fueled by rising memory semiconductor prices, the synchronization of the two companies' stock prices became more pronounced compared to last year. SBS Nov 1, 2026 9:30 AM

Research Foundation Suspends Free Plagiarism Checks Due to PHP Security Vulnerability Due to limitations of the aging system developed in 2014, which makes security updates difficult, researchers are required to use alternative similarity check programs such as Copy Killer for the time being. SBS Nov 1, 2026 9:27 AM