SK hynix: 1.48 Million Won vs 4.7 Million Won—Polarized Outlooks in a Highly Volatile Market [1-Minute Brief]

[At a Glance]

① [Market] Securities firms divided on outlook amid record-breaking market volatility

② [Commodities] U.S. oil firm linked to Trump associates brings drilling equipment into Greenland without approval

③ [Defense Industry] DAPA on staff bribery arrest: "An act of individual misconduct"

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TOP 3 NEWS

■ "SK hynix 1.48 million won vs 4.7 million won"…Why target prices have diverged by more than double for the same stock

○ Divergent outlooks amid a highly volatile market
○ Growing gap in perspectives on future business conditions and earnings forecasts
○ "HBM·AI momentum" vs "Peak-out concerns" 

■ "1 trillion dollars' worth of oil buried"…Greenland warns Trump associates' company rushing to the Arctic

○ U.S. oil company brings drilling equipment into the Arctic
○ Greenland government warns against entry "without approval"
○ Company staffed with Trump allies…Heightened alert 

■ Defense Acquisition Program Administration considers "suspending projects" for staff arrested for bribery

○ DAPA employee received about 460 million won in bribes from a defense contractor
○ Accused of leaking confidential information and inflating proposal evaluation scores
○ DAPA states, "Considering suspending projects in accordance with laws and procedures" 

Profitable Law

■ Prosecutors busy processing old cases before Serious Crimes Investigation Office opens

○ Prosecutors accelerating resolutions of long-pending corporate cases
○ Companies wary of becoming the "first case" for the new office
○ "From a law firm's perspective, responding to a new investigative agency could be a burden" 
☞ See article: https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026081015221434451

■ Abolishing extra payments for 'additional nursing care workers' is legal

○ Corporation operating elder care facilities loses lawsuit against the Ministry of Health and Welfare
○ Abolition of the extra payment system for every 1 additional caregiver per 2.1 residents
○ Court rules "no procedural flaw and not an abuse or overreach of discretion" 
☞ See article: https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026081015251453950

■ LEET applicants down by 9.8%

○ Number of applicants for LEET, the first step to law school, decreases for the second consecutive year
○ Engineering applicants down 19.8%—the largest drop among major fields
○ "So few science and engineering exam-takers that they're barely seen at tutoring academies"
☞ See article: https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026081015275672947

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