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KB Financial Group’s Chairman Candidate Recommendation Committee is scheduled to select one final chairman nominee on September 11, 2026.

Samsung Biologics expects to publish the formal PolyPeptide tender-offer prospectus by the end of August 2026.

The Bank of Korea is scheduled to announce its next monetary-policy decision on August 27, 2026, creating a sector-level rate and credit-condition catalyst for Hana Financial Group.

KRAFTON is scheduled to showcase five new titles, including an unannounced PUBG STUDIOS game, at Gamescom 2026 in Cologne beginning August 26.

KT is expected to report its second-quarter 2026 results on August 18, 2026, although the company had not confirmed the date as of July 24.

Yuhan Corp is due to file its H1 2026 interim report by August 14, 2026, creating the next formal earnings and Lazcluze-royalty disclosure catalyst.

Industrial Bank of Korea is due to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by the August 14 statutory deadline.

Samsung Card is due to file its H1 2026 interim report by August 14, 2026, which should provide the detailed financial disclosures underlying its July 27 preliminary results.

Shinhan Financial Group is due to file its 2026 half-year report by August 14, 2026, providing the statutory interim disclosure following its July 23 second-quarter earnings release.

KB Financial Group is required to file its 2026 first-half report, including financial statements and business disclosures for the six months ended June 30, by August 14, 2026.

DB Insurance formally scheduled an online presentation of its 2026 first-half operating results for 13 August 2026 at 16:00 KST.

BlackRock Fund Advisors disclosed that its passive managed stake in Yuhan increased to 4,785,125 shares, or 6.50%, as of July 31, 2026, from 5.07%.

Netmarble plans to buy up to 588,235 Coway common shares on-market from 10 August through 8 September 2026 for an indicated KRW 50.0 billion.

Coway released preliminary Q2 2026 consolidated revenue of KRW 1,442.2 billion (+14.6% YoY) and operating profit of KRW 253.2 billion (+4.3% YoY), confirming the previously expected earnings event.

Woori Financial Group finalized its public perpetual write-down AT1 issue at KRW 400 billion and a 4.79% coupon, increasing the originally registered KRW 270 billion offering.

LG Uplus reported preliminary consolidated Q2 2026 operating profit of KRW 344.5 billion, up 13.1% year over year, while revenue declined 3.9% to KRW 3.6949 trillion.

KT&G reported FY2026 Q2 consolidated revenue of KRW 1.702 trillion and operating profit of KRW 414.5 billion, up 9.9% and 18.5% year on year, respectively.

OK Holdings became the representative filer for the OK Financial Group concert party and disclosed aggregate ownership of 20,124,525 BNK Financial Group shares, or 6.48%, held for simple investment.

KRAFTON's PUBG Global Series Circuit 3 began in Shanghai on August 5, starting the second half of the 2026 PGS season with doubled PGS Points for Circuits 3 and 4.

BlackRock Fund Advisors disclosed that its aggregate DB Insurance holding increased to 3,983,782 shares, or 6.08%, as of 23 July 2026, from 5.06%.

BNK’s August 4 investor letter said normalized first-half 2026 profit rose 8.2% year on year after excluding real-estate-fund one-offs and committed to disclose further buybacks and Value-up 2.0 with third-quarter results.

Tongyang Life’s board confirmed KRW 204.6 billion of appraisal-rights claims and elected not to exercise its contractual termination right, so Woori Financial’s comprehensive share exchange will proceed as scheduled.