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NVIDIA is scheduled to report fiscal 2027 second-quarter results on August 26, providing a near-term read-through on AI infrastructure demand for SK hynix's next-generation memory partnership.

SK Square is estimated to report its Q2 2026 results on August 19, 2026.

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.

LS ELECTRIC is expected to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by 14 August 2026, providing the next statutory update on first-half financial and operating disclosures.

LG Innotek's statutory deadline to file its 2026 semiannual report is August 14, 2026.

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

SK Inc. is expected to file its 2026 half-year report and release its 2Q 2026 earnings materials on August 14, providing the first consolidated readout of the SK hynix recovery, SK Innovation PRS loss and portfolio-divestment effects.

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.

Hyosung Heavy Industries' statutory deadline to file its 2026 half-year report is August 14, 2026, 45 days after the June 30 period end.

Hyundai AutoEver is expected to file its H1 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, the 45-day statutory deadline following the June 30 half-year end.

Daeduck Electronics is due to file its 2026 semiannual report by August 14 under the Financial Supervisory Service schedule for December year-end issuers.

MSCI is scheduled to announce its August 2026 index review on August 12, with LG Innotek identified by Korean-market reporting as a leading candidate for MSCI Korea index inclusion.

SK hynix said no decision has been made on a reported sale of an ownership stake in its Chongqing packaging plant, while confirming a review of options to strengthen packaging-business competitiveness.

SK hynix approved KRW 54.3 trillion of new construction investment for the Yongin Y2 DRAM/HBM fab and Cheongju M17 NAND fab.

Samsung began general availability of the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Flip8 on August 7, completing the retail launch following record South Korean preorders.

SK Telecom said that no specific decision has been made on strategic options for its AI data-center business, including press reports of KKR financing and an approximately KRW 1 trillion capital increase.

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.

SK hynix approved KRW 54.3246 trillion of new-facility investment for the Yongin Y2 DRAM fab and Cheongju M17 NAND fab through 2031.

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.

SK hynix said it is reviewing measures to strengthen U.S. subsidiary Solidigm after a report of a KRW 5 trillion pre-IPO, with no decision made and a re-disclosure due September 4, 2026.

At FMS 2026, Samsung unveiled zHBM and zNAND-O concept models and its V10 BV-NAND architecture with more than 400 layers as part of its AI-memory roadmap.

Samsung entered five-year patent cross-license, settlement, memory-supply and ITC-cooperation agreements with Netlist, including a US$239 million upfront license payment and revenue-based quarterly payments.

LG Innotek disclosed that one person was found in cardiac arrest and later died at an off-site dormitory in Gumi, with the cause undetermined.

SK Telecom reported 2026 second-quarter consolidated revenue of KRW 4.3591 trillion, operating profit of KRW 566.0 billion, and net income of KRW 466.0 billion.

Hyundai AutoEver raised its 2026 GPU-server supply-contract values for Hyundai Motor and Kia by a combined KRW 60.58 billion to KRW 364.94 billion, or 8.6% of 2025 consolidated revenue.

SK hynix and Sandisk disclosed the first OCP HBF standard, specifying up to 512GB capacity and approximately 0.4TB/s to 3.0TB/s bandwidth.

Samsung announced Prime Video as the first streaming service to offer HDR10+ ADVANCED globally on supported titles for Samsung's 2026 TV lineup beginning in August 2026.

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.

SK hynix released the first Open Compute Project HBF specification with Sandisk and said it plans to begin mass production of 375-layer 4D-NAND-based high-performance eSSDs in early 2027.