KOSPI Falls for Sixth Straight Session Massive Air Strikes Hit Kyiv

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KOSPI fell 26.54 points (0.44%) to close at 6,008.81. Foreigners net-sold 1.1814 trillion won, and institutions net-bought 808.5 billion won. KOSDAQ fell 1.57% to 823.88.

KB Securities cited wait-and-see sentiment ahead of the US September CPI release as a factor behind the decline. Chip stocks were weak, Samsung SDI rose more than 5%, and LG Energy Solution rose 2.93%.

The won-dollar exchange rate closed at 1,338.3 won on the 14th, down 6.8 won from the previous weekly close. On the same day, KOSPI closed at 6,008.81 and KOSDAQ at 823.88.

Williams said he has not changed his view that one more rate hike this year may be appropriate. On the same day, the US 10-year yield fell to 5.219%.

KOSPI fell 26.54 points (0.44%) on the 14th to close at 6,008.81, marking six straight declines. Foreigners net-sold 1.1814 trillion won, and institutions net-bought 808.5 billion won. KOSDAQ fell 1.57% to 823.88.

On the 13th (local time), the Dow fell 0.35% to 51,670.10 and the Nasdaq fell 0.15% to 27,204.38. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has fallen more than 8% over the past five trading sessions.

Lotte Biologics co-CEO Shin Yoo-yeol signed a long-term contract manufacturing agreement with Iceland's Alvotech for antibody biosimilar drug substances at CPHI Milan. This brings Lotte Biologics' public contract wins this year to five.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) union members held a rally on the afternoon of the 14th in the fountain plaza in front of Cheong Wa Dae in Jongno-gu, Seoul, opposing Hanwha's attempt to acquire KAI. Newspim reported the rally with photos.

Eunews reported that President Zelensky is due to arrive on Friday, and that Kyiv wants a European representative because it distrusts the US and Trump. Leaders plan to set the representative's qualifications first and then decide on a person.

Al Jazeera reported that at least nine people were killed, including three in Kyiv, and more than 500,000 people lost power. Zelensky criticized the lack of advance warning from the West and said Russia had violated an energy truce.

CBS, citing multiple sources, reported that the US may have deliberately delayed the air raid alert for ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv. Trump said the US will continue sharing intelligence.

UKMTO tallied 15 vessel attacks from October 6 to 14. Transits on October 11 were about 2.9 million barrels, down sharply from about 20.8 million barrels on the 8th. Brent was at 106.58 dollars.

The Revolutionary Guard said a cargo ship carrying about 2,500 containers sank after hitting a mine. According to AP, the Houthis struck Saudi Aramco's Dhahran headquarters, and no casualties were reported.

X-ray observations by NASA's Chandra and Germany's eROSITA confirmed that the radio structure belongs to a galaxy cluster. The analysis indicates that a galaxy cluster collision occurred several hundred million years ago, after a black hole outburst.

A prototype cell using ceramic and polymer solid electrolytes instead of liquid operated at minus 60 to 80 degrees in Langley testing, and withstood exposure from 100 degrees down to minus 170 degrees.

At dawn on October 13, a Falcon 9 launched CRS-35 from Cape Canaveral. Space.com reported that rocket exhaust froze into crystals, and sunlight hitting them created a jellyfish shape.

At the education committee audit on the 14th, Rep. Seo Beom-su projected that under the grant reform, next year's budgets would fall by 2.7 trillion won for Seoul, 7.4 trillion won for Gyeonggi, and 1.6 trillion won for Incheon. Allegations involving politicians' children were also raised.

At the welfare committee audit on the 14th, Rep. Lee Dal-hee pointed out loopholes in performance pay, and Chairman Kim Sung-joo said improvement measures would be prepared by year-end. The method of paying duplicate benefits was also questioned.

On the 14th, the education committee held audits of the Gyeonggi, Seoul and Incheon education offices, raising shortfalls in funding from the grant reform, cyber gambling and drug prevention education, and safeguards for teachers' rights.

The Fair Trade Commission sent examination reports over suspected price collusion on flour byproducts involving six firms, including Daehan Flour Mill and CJ CheilJedang (April 2017 to October 2025). Related sales are about 1.4 trillion won, and the commission recommended corrective orders, fines, and criminal referral.

The Korea Meteorological Administration forecast that the nation will be mostly clear on the 15th, with morning lows of 3 to 13 degrees and daytime highs of 20 to 24 degrees, a day-night gap of about 15 degrees. Seoul will have a morning low of 10 degrees and a high of 21 degrees, and fine dust is good in all regions.

At the welfare committee audit of the National Pension Service on the 14th, Rep. Seo Mi-hwa called a reference witness and questioned the criteria and methods of the comprehensive service-needs assessment that determines the amount of disability activity support benefits.

In the Korean Film Council integrated network tally for October 13, 'Assassin(s)' held the top spot for a second day after reclaiming it. Daily audience was 32,851 and cumulative audience is 3,057,418.

On October 13, 'Chiikawa: Secret of the Mermaid Island' ranked second with 28,247 daily viewers and 1,339,819 cumulative. Third-place 'Tazza: Song of Beelzebub' had 19,572 daily viewers and 1,783,337 cumulative.

On October 13, 'Odyssey' ranked fourth with 9,175 daily viewers and 12,197,802 cumulative. Fifth-place 'The Intern' had 4,330 daily viewers and 878,478 cumulative.

In Game 1 of the wild card series at Jamsil on the 14th, LG beat Doosan 4-1. Austin hit a two-run home run in the first inning, and LG added two runs in the eighth. Game 1 of the semifinals is on the 17th against KIA in Gwangju.

Microsoft fixed 1,413 CVEs in its October scheduled security update. Of these, 1,102 are in Windows, and the update includes one actively exploited zero-day.

A Windows shell flaw (CVSS 8.8) that bypasses Mark of the Web (MotW) protection has been actively exploited. CISA added it to KEV on the 13th, and the deadline for federal agencies to act is the 16th.

The websites and apps of Giant, Stop & Shop and Food Lion went down. The parent company cut off its systems and said there is no evidence of customer or employee data being leaked.

Switch One raised a Series A of about 30 billion won. Existing shareholders such as Busan Yonhap Technology Holdings, POSCO Technology Investment and Daekyo Investment, along with partners, participated, and the funds will go to gold trading infrastructure and expansion into Japan.

RX raised a 10 billion won pre-A bridge round. KDB Development Bank, Smilegate Investment and Kiwoom Investment joined as new investors, and Company K Partners participated as a follow-on investor. Cumulative funding is 23.9 billion won.

According to a Reuters report, Brent fell 0.9% to 105.69 dollars on the 13th, and WTI closed at 94.14 dollars. In OPEC's October report, OPEC+ September output rose about 900,000 barrels to 39.07 million barrels per day.

SBS's Friday-Saturday drama Doctor X topped Netflix's global non-English TV show chart for October 5 to 11 with 4.6 million views, ranking first in seven countries. Its second-episode national viewership rating was 14.9%.

tvN's Monday-Tuesday drama 'Even Lotto Winners Go to Work' ended with a nationwide rating of 6.2% in its finale, its own highest rating. On Tving, it ranked first for four straight weeks in weekend subscription contributions.