Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix Drive This Year’s KOSPI... KOSDAQ Faces Deepening Neglect [1-Minute Brief]

[At a Glance]
① [Market] While KOSPI Rises 62%, KOSDAQ Drops 11%... 73% Index Gap
② [Commodities] POSCO CEO Jeong In-hwa Proposes Upgrading Korea-Australia Resource Supply Chain
③ [Defense Industry] U.S. Army Assistant Secretary Visits Hanwha Aerospace Changwon Plant, Inspects K9 Production Capabilities

MARKET INDEX : Year to date

TOP 3 NEWS

■ Depressed KOSDAQ Lags Behind KOSPI by 73%... Worst Performance Since Its Inception

○ While the KOSPI has risen by 62% this year, the KOSDAQ has dropped by 11%

○ This is the largest gap since the KOSDAQ market was launched in 1996

○ "The expulsion of insolvent companies should be accelerated and a promotion-relegation system should be introduced"

■ POSCO CEO Jeong In-hwa Pursues 'Private Sector Resource Diplomacy' in Australia... Proposes Core Mineral Supply Chain Cooperation

○ "Critical minerals represent a new growth pillar for cooperation between the two countries"

○ Met successively with key Australian ministers and resource industry leaders

○ Requested expansion of cooperation in steel, lithium, and energy businesses

■ Hanwha Aerospace Showcases K9 Production Capabilities to Head of U.S. Army Acquisition

○ Ingraham, U.S. Army Assistant Secretary, visited Changwon

○ Production capabilities confirmed following supply contract for K9 prototype

○ Also toured the production sites for Cheonmu, M·L-SAM, and KVLS

Legal Affairs That Make Money

■ More Lawyers Creating and Using 'Coding AI'

○ Use of OpenAI Codex among legal professionals surged 108 times in just 4 months

○ Coding accounted for 32.9% of all legal sector AI usage, the highest proportion

○ Drafting of legal opinions, which used to take 3 days, can now be completed in a day

☞Read article:  https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026090214443701967

■ Interest in the Fate of the ‘LawTalk Act’ as Lee Soyoung Nominated for Minister of SMEs and Startups

○ Assemblywoman Lee Soyoung sponsored the 'LawTalk Act' in both the 21st and 22nd National Assembly

○ Aims to shift the criteria for lawyer advertising regulation from 'Korean Bar Association rules' to 'Presidential Decree'

○ In 2022, the Constitutional Court found some aspects of the advertising regulations related to LawTalk unconstitutional

☞Read article:  https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026090214461939231

■ "Today's Service Fee Discount"… Desperate Debtors Harmed by Poor Legal Consultation

○ Individual bankruptcy filings surged from about 80,000 to 150,000 cases over four years

○ As bankruptcy applications increase, disputes over attorney fees are also on the rise

○ Growing calls to introduce a 'white list' for separate management of representatives

☞Read article:  https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026090214500329323

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