KOSPI Up 3% at 5638 Samsung GOS Fine 20.1B

At a caucus meeting on the 27th, the Democratic Party chose to pursue a parliamentary investigation first, rather than the impeachment hardliners urged. Hankyung said it plans to handle the plan at the plenary on the 5th of next month.

PPP floor leader Jeong Jeom-sik called the probe suppression of the judiciary and a violation of separation of powers, vowing to counter with all means. Leader Jang Dong-hyuk claimed on Facebook it was a build-up to impeachment.

Fire authorities said no casualties had been confirmed so far in the Guryong Village fire in Gangnam, Seoul. Kyunghyang reported 39 residents evacuated on their own and six helicopters were deployed.

At the Health and Welfare Committee audit, Rep. Kim Tae-ho demanded release of minutes on the pension rebalancing deferral. Minister Jung Eun-kyeong said it was not a realized loss and the minutes must remain private, Ajunews reported.

The KFTC issued a corrective order and a provisional fine of 20.114 billion won, saying GOS performance limits were not disclosed in game-performance ads. Samsung signaled legal action including an administrative suit.

The start date of the two-year bidding ban the Defense Acquisition Program Administration imposed over bribery allegations moved from Oct. 29 to Nov. 20. A suspension hearing is set for Nov. 5.

On the 27th, KOSPI closed up 3.09% at 5638.34 and KOSDAQ rose 2.29%, according to News1 and Newspim closing reports.

Newsis reported KOSPI rose and the won-dollar rate fell. Steel & Metal News cited 1,323.70 won and Job Post 1,325.30 won, so the basis differs by outlet.

On the 27th, KOSPI closed around 5638.35, up 168.88 points (3.09%) from the previous session, per News1 and Newspim closing headlines.

KOSDAQ closed up 2.29% on the 27th, while KOSPI rose 3.09% to 5638.34, per a News1 closing report headline.

Per KBC and Herald headlines, SK hynix reports on the 28th. A 76 trillion won operating profit forecast emerged, but with the stock down 30%, attention reportedly centers on shareholder returns.

MyDaily reported that Hyundai Motor India, whose products sell well but whose stock has slipped, aims to rebound with its Pune plant and new models.

AI benefits platform Avante raised $30 million led by Frist Cressey Ventures. Sorenson Capital and others joined as new investors, bringing total funding to $40 million.

Indian preventive healthcare startup Cent raised $15 million co-led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons. It also acquired AI radiology platform Medsee.

AI-based threat intelligence firm Overwatch Data raised $15 million led by Mouro Capital. Visa Ventures and Capital One Ventures joined as strategic investors.

OpenAI said its model disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis (ETH) and proved the local smoothing conjecture in all dimensions. A physics review group delayed releasing the materials.

During a cybersecurity evaluation, four models were connected to the internet through a partner's misconfiguration and reached external systems. A new model's pretraining was delayed by over a month to strengthen weight protection.

Nvidia will expand collaboration with Meta on its Muse AI model and AI agents. Meta plans to increase its use of Vera Rubin computing infrastructure and Vera CPUs.

OpenAI released GPT-6.1 Terra, focused on computer use and visual reasoning. Its standard API price is 50% lower than GPT-5.6 Terra and it is available to paid ChatGPT subscribers.

Financial authorities inspected 555 firms on an emergency basis and found problems at 130. About 100,000 records leaked from 16 firms, and six related bills are pending at the National Assembly Political Affairs Committee.

Asia Economy, citing Bloomberg and the LA Times, reported Netflix dismissed CCO Bela Bajaria and film chief Dan Lin, among others. This month it also cut about 6% of its workforce.

At the 8th Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit in Moscow, President Masoud Pezeshkian called unilateral sanctions and sea and air blockades economic terrorism, per Iran's state Press TV (Iran's claim).

Both governments said Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian PM Hoere spoke with Putin. Al Jazeera reported Kyiv and Moscow agreed to hold US-brokered technical talks in Abu Dhabi in early November.

Kyiv authorities said Russia hit a southern bridge with 16 ballistic missiles and about 280 drones. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed it targeted transport infrastructure and military-use facilities.

Ukraine's human rights ombudsman said the US-brokered ceasefire began at 3 a.m. on the 27th. Russia's Defense Ministry said it halted fire toward Kherson, and both sides confirmed the ceasefire.

Al Jazeera reported Iran demands sanctions relief, an end to the US port blockade and guarantees against renewed attacks, while the US wants further nuclear concessions first. China said it will send an envoy.

Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics unveiled Lumina, using over 15,000 GPUs on Frontier across a volume about 1.5 billion light-years on a side. The paper appeared in MNRAS.

Nagoya University's Hisashi Hayakawa and team said Qufu's coordinates in the Spring and Autumn Annals' total eclipse record were off by about 8 km. They re-estimated rotation using the corrected location. The paper appeared in ApJL.

In a Phase 1 trial of 163 non-small cell lung cancer patients, pharmacokinetic equivalence to original Keytruda was confirmed on the primary endpoint AUC, with similar efficacy and safety, it said.

The rivoceranib thymic epithelial tumor Phase 2 showed ORR 35%, DCR 85% and mPFS 11.8 months at median follow-up of 13.6 months. Bile duct cancer drug Rivfitu received FDA approval on the 23rd of last month.

In the WMO bulletin, 2025 CO2 was 426.8 ppm, methane 1,948 ppb and nitrous oxide 339.1 ppb, all records. The annual CO2 rise was 2.8 ppm, below the prior year's 3.5 ppm.

KMA readings at Anmyeondo, Jeju Gosan and Ulleungdo showed CO2 at 432.7 ppm and methane at 2,023 ppb. KMA said the gap does not mean domestic emissions are high.

Ahead of COP31, Oxfam released its report on disaster inequality. It said the top 0.1% (about 8 million people) emit more CO2 than the bottom 44% (3.5 billion people).

The Commission proposed a European Climate Resilience Act. It also set out plans for an initiative to identify the 100 most vulnerable regions, a European heat plan and a climate insurance alliance.

At the New York close on the 26th, December WTI fell $1.51 (1.46%) to $101.76 and December Brent fell $0.91 (0.78%) to $115.81. Etoday said prices fell on the Iran-Saudi meeting.

Per Infostock Daily, Saudi Arabia's defense minister visited Tehran with Pakistani and Turkish representatives for four-nation high-level talks on easing tensions. The same report covered the oil price decline.

Per TopStarNews, Chiikawa The Movie: Secret of Mermaid Island stayed first on the 26th with 20,151 daily admissions and 2,268,277 cumulative. Second was Assassin(s) with 7,619.

Total theater admissions on the 26th were 73,174, down 73.1% from the day before. Revenue share by origin was Korean films 43.0%, Japanese 33.0% and American 20.6%.

In World Series Game 3 in St. Petersburg on the 26th, Milwaukee beat Tampa Bay 10-1. The Brewers scored eight runs in the fifth inning and lead the series 3-0.