People hold umbrellas as rain falls and autumn leaves appear in Daegu on Oct. 13.YONHAP
It's a damp Tuesday here in Seoul as the rains contribute to a temperature dip in the capital. Here are the stories you need to know in Korea!
In today's news, Hong Kong has risen to second place when it comes to the largest net buyers on the Korean market. In other stories, K-pop mogul Cha Ga-won denied all allegations in a $22 million fraud case against her. Meanwhile, a knife attack at an Incheon Homeplus injured eight and left one person unresponsive. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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Exclusive: Over 3,000 Hong Kong investors enter Korean market as city ranks second-largest net buyer
About 3,500 Hong Kong retail investors entered the Korean stock market since October last year through omnibus accounts offered by Hana Securities and its local partners, part of a buying wave that has made Hong Kong the second-largest foreign net buyer of Korean stocks in 2026.
They accounted for a growing share of foreign buying as U.S. and British investors, traditionally major players in the Korean market, were net sellers cumulatively from January through August.
K-pop mogul behind Taemin, EXO-CBX’s former agencies denies all allegations in $22M fraud trial
One Hundred Label CEO Cha Ga-won denied allegations that she defrauded two parties of 29.6 billion won ($22 million) in a Seoul trial involving Taemin, EXO-CBX and fromis_9 projects.
Knife attack at Incheon Homeplus injures eight, leaves one unresponsive
The 119 emergency line received a report of a stabbing at the hypermarket's Guwol branch in Namdong District, Incheon. Police officers who arrived at the scene arrested a man suspected of carrying out the attack.
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Lee calls for diplomacy that puts Korea first, avoids submitting to other nations
While chairing a Cabinet meeting at the Blue House, President Lee Jae Myung described the country's strategy as "pragmatic diplomacy centered on national interests."
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Student caught using AI smart glasses in Yonsei entrance exam
The first known case of AI smart glasses cheating in a Korean university admissions test has prompted an investigation and renewed calls for stronger safeguards.
