KBO scrapped its new heat-cancellation rule a day after announcing it, following a fan's CPR emergency. Here's what a temperature-only safety rule missed, in the numbers — plus a record 15 games called off this season.
South Korea's July exports reached $98.89 billion, the second-highest month ever — semiconductors alone added $41 billion (+178.8%). The same day Yangsan hit 41.6°C, an all-time national record, and a one-night DUI crackdown caught 320 drivers. Here is the context behind the numbers and what comes next.
Yangsan recorded 40.3°C on July 29, 2026 and 40.0°C at 13:10 on July 30. The consecutive-day record refers to Yangsan observations since 2008, not a first across all Korean stations.
Korea's Kospi fell 5.98% to 5,663.24 — the first back-to-back circuit breakers in the market's history. Add a 40.3°C heat record in Yangsan and a 1,000-trillion-won AI datacenter alliance: here is the context the headlines skip.
The KOSPI plunged 10.84% to 6,023.66 — its steepest one-day fall since September 2001 — as China chip fears crushed Samsung and SK Hynix. We also unpack Korea's record 6.7% welfare benchmark increase and why the real heat-wave risk starts this week.
A briefing on tariffs, 37°C heat and a Chinese chip IPO. Heat-illness figures cover the 12 days from July 20 to 31, 2025.
Rice-price increases, private-sector plans for KRW 550 trillion in AI data centres, and 933 heat-illness cases: a briefing that separates actors and measurement scopes.
