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President Lee Embarks on 11-Day Trip to San Francisco and South America Starting Today President Lee Jae-myung embarks on an 11-day, 7-night tour starting today , making consecutive visits to San Francisco in the United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, and Germany. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:35 AM

Rule Requiring 30 Million Won Deposit for Single-Stock Leverage to Take Effect on July 31 Responding to criticisms that the implementation date for single-stock leverage countermeasures was too late, the government has decided to move up the enhanced basic deposit requirement to the 31st of this month, three days earlier than originally planned for next month. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:34 AM

Extremely Rare 30cm Calvatia Gigantea Found Near Jirisan for 13th Consecutive Year According to the city of Namwon yesterday , a 63-year-old resident surnamed Joo, living in Ipseok Village, Sannae-myeon, recently discovered one Calvatia gigantea mushroom in his bokbunja farm. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:32 AM

US Imposes Section 301 'Forced Labor Tariffs' on 60 Countries; South Korea Faces 12.5% South Korea effectively hit a 12.5% tariff. The new tariffs were introduced as a replacement just seven hours before the expiration of the "10% global tariff," which had been adopted following the U.S. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:28 AM

SpaceX Stock Halved... Short Sellers Score $16 Billion in Paper Profits Reuters reported this on the 23rd , citing data compiled by financial data analytics firm Ortex Technologies. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:28 AM

US Keeps South Korea, 9 Other Countries on Currency Monitoring List, Cites Volatility and Depreciation Pressures Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump re-designated South Korea as a currency monitoring list country on the 23rd . SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:27 AM

"This Is When Most People Get Caught": Three Danger Signals You Must Watch Right Now Growth requires strength. Strength to remain unshaken, strength to reach higher. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:27 AM

Tesla Shares Plunge Nearly 15% on Earnings Shock Over Discount Strategy Tesla shares closed down 14.5% at $319.69 on the New York Stock Exchange on the 23rd local time. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:26 AM

China Conducts Live-Fire Drills in Taiwan Strait for Second Consecutive Day; Taiwan Urges Beijing to Cease Military Provocations According to Taiwanese media outlets such as the Liberty Times on the 24th local time, the Zhangzhou Maritime Safety Administration in China's Fujian Province announced via its website on the 22nd that live-fire drills would be conducted in certain waters of the Taiwan Strait from 6 a.m. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:23 AM

US Intelligence Concludes Airstrikes Cannot Change Iran's Stance, CNN Reports While US President Donald Trump has escalated his threats, US intelligence agencies have concluded that airstrikes alone will not change Iran's negotiating stance, CNN reported on the 23rd, local time. SBS Jul 24, 2026 9:17 AM