AI Fears Mount on 'KOSPI'... Could Fall Below 5,000 [1-Minute Brief]

[At a glance]
① [Markets] AI investment fears hit KOSPI... Concerns it could fall below 5,000
② [Commodities] A 1.9-billion-won experiment becomes the world's first... LS ELECTRIC opens DC factory
③ [Defense] Controversy over USFK commander Brunson's remark: "South Korea starts at the DMZ's southern fence line"

MARKET INDEX : Year to date

TOP 3 NEWS

- AI fears hit KOSPI... Warning it could fall below 5,000

- Concerns over returns on AI investment push KOSPI into the mid-5,000s
- Foreign investors continue net selling amid growing external uncertainty
- Key to a rebound: third-quarter results from Meta and Tesla, due on the 21st

- The world's only "100% DC factory," inspected in secret even by big tech: "It started with a 1.9-billion-won gamble"

- A look inside LS ELECTRIC's Cheonan plant DC factory
- Fewer conversions between direct and alternating current mean lower power losses
- Big tech is eyeing demonstration data showing improved power efficiency

- Brunson's remarks: "A personal view or Washington's position?"

- Controversy over remark that it "starts at the southern fence line of the Republic of Korea"
- Ministry of National Defense: "The personal view of the United Nations Command commander"
- United Nations Command: "An issue separate from the sovereignty of the Republic of Korea"

Law That Pays

- "We're not a network"... Why law firms are advertising

- Complaints are mounting over excessive advertising and changes in the lawyers handling cases
- Seoul Bar Association plans to publish a list of "law firms to watch"
- Some law firms are rolling out ads highlighting what sets them apart
☞Read the article:  https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026101914113355494

- Central Investigation Agency and police exchange investigative information through the "Onnara System"

- The agency launched before it was ready and could not connect to KICS
- Investigative information is sent through the government's administrative e-approval network, raising concerns about leaks of classified information
- Case transfers are also disrupted, with investigation records delivered on paper
☞Read the article:  https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026101914145737560

- Fallout from ending prosecutors' investigative direction: Special judicial police increasingly shift cases to others

- More than 20,000 special judicial police officers processed 6,338 referrals for prosecution last year
- The Korea National Park Service's case referral rate was 3%, with wide disparities among agencies
- Ending investigative direction may worsen the tendency to shift responsibility
☞Read the article:  https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026101914191335987

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