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The Korea Defense Industry Index

Focused exposure to leading South Korean defense companies, combining thematic relevance and market-cap weighting across KOSPI and KOSDAQ.

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Sep 18, 2026

Hanwha Aerospace scheduled an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for September 18 to elect business head Lee Boo-hwan as an inside director.

Aug 14, 2026

SNT Dynamics remains scheduled to file its 1H 2026 semiannual report by August 14 after releasing preliminary first-half results on July 31.

Aug 14, 2026

Hanwha Aerospace is due to file its first-half 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, providing the statutory detailed follow-up to its preliminary Q2 results.

Aug 14, 2026

Hanwha Ocean is due to file its 2026 semiannual report by August 14, 2026, which will provide finalized first-half financial statements after its preliminary Q2 release.

Aug 14, 2026
Hyundai Rotem Co (064350)
strategic_transactions

Hyundai Rotem is scheduled to re-disclose by August 14 whether it has made a concrete decision on potential defense-business expansion, including the reported integration of Hyundai Wia’s gun-barrel business.

Aug 14, 2026
SNT Motiv Co Ltd (064960)
financial_results

SNT Motiv is due to file its 2026 H1 report by 14 August 2026, providing the statutory financial statements that will validate or revise the 31 July preliminary results.

Aug 14, 2026

SK oceanplant's statutory 2026 first-half report, containing Q2 results, is due by 14 August 2026, replacing the previously unverified estimate of an 18 August preliminary-results release.

Aug 14, 2026
Poongsan Corp (103140)
financial_results

Poongsan's H1 2026 semiannual report remains due by 14 August 2026 and will provide the auditor-reviewed confirmation of its July 31 preliminary results.

Aug 14, 2026

Hanwha Systems is due to file its H1 2026 semi-annual report by 14 August 2026 under Korea's 45-day post-half-year periodic-reporting deadline.

Aug 14, 2026
Samhyun Co Ltd (437730)
financial_results

Samhyun’s 2026 half-year report is due by 2026-08-14, providing the next statutory disclosure of its operating and financial performance.

Aug 10, 2026
Hanwha Systems Co Ltd (272210)
strategic_transactions

Hanwha Systems completed its KRW 499.851 billion open-market purchase of Korea Aerospace Industries shares, raising its holding to 4.98%.

Aug 10, 2026
Sphere Corp (347700)
strategic_transactions

Sphere invested KRW 11.79 billion in its wholly owned Singapore subsidiary Sphere Nickel Cobalt to fund nickel-smelter operating and financing costs.

Aug 10, 2026
MNC Solution Co Ltd (484870)
leadership_governance

Artisan Partners reported that it had reduced its MNC Solution holding to 1,153,758 shares, or 4.20%, as of 31 July 2026 through market sales for investment-fund recovery.

Aug 7, 2026

Hanwha Ocean confirmed that its KHNP-led consortium was selected as preferred bidder for the 800MW Southwest Offshore Wind Expansion Complex Phase 1, while its own contract value remains undecided.

Aug 7, 2026

Hanwha Aerospace and its affiliates increased their KAI holding by 1,217,053 shares to 15,490,353 shares, or 15.89%, through Hanwha Systems’ on-market purchases through August 7.

Aug 6, 2026

LIG Defense & Aerospace reported preliminary Q2 2026 consolidated revenue of KRW 1.1101 trillion and operating profit of KRW 105.7 billion, up 17.4% and 29.5% year over year, respectively.

Aug 6, 2026

LIG Defense & Aerospace reported preliminary consolidated Q2 2026 revenue of KRW 1.1101 trillion and operating profit of KRW 105.7 billion, with period-end order backlog of KRW 24.57 trillion.

Aug 6, 2026

Sphere disclosed completion of its KRW 20.32 billion special-alloy supply contract and continued limited disclosure because of the counterparty's confidentiality requirements.

Aug 5, 2026
Woori Technology Inc (032820)
strategic_transactions

Woori Technology disclosed that the KRW 40.0 billion privately placed Series 20 convertible bonds are scheduled to fund nuclear-control, i-SMR, offshore-wind-vessel, and waste-recycling operating expenditures.

Aug 4, 2026
SK oceanplant Co Ltd (100090)
strategic_transactions

Song Moo-seok's acting-in-concert group kept its 8.81% SK oceanplant stake while increasing pledged shares to 1.90% through an extension and collateral increase.

Aug 4, 2026
Hanwha Systems Co Ltd (272210)
leadership_governance

Hanwha Systems called an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for 18 September 2026 to vote on the election of Yang Ki-won and Kim Seung-mo as new inside directors.

Aug 4, 2026

Sphere extended the scheduled end date of one KRW 2.61 billion special-alloy supply contract from August 17 to September 30, 2026, with delivery progress of approximately 25%.

Aug 4, 2026
Samhyun Co Ltd (437730)
legal_regulatory

KRX designated Samhyun as an investment-warning issue effective August 4 after the stock met the post-preliminary-notice price-rise, 15-day-high, and concentrated-buying conditions.