{"slug": "move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market", "title": "Move to strengthen investor protection for more sound market", "summary": "South Korea is moving to strengthen investor protections amid stock market volatility, even as chip-led export growth fueled by AI investments drives a record current account surplus of $14.1 billion in June. Samsung's second-quarter operating profit of 89.4 trillion won surpassed Nvidia's highest, highlighting the AI-driven economic momentum.", "body_md": "Amid the uncertainty and volatility seen on Korea's bourses, exports and trade balances managed to rise on chip-led growth, fueled by momentum in artificial intelligence (AI) investments. This points to a mixed bag of healthy indexes stacked against what has been described as a \"roller coaster\" of volatility for both KOSPI and Kosdaq. It is vital to steady the bourses, which serve as a healthy venue for firms to raise capital and provide investors with a chance to grow their assets. Korea's current account surplus in June ended in the black, posting a record $14.1 billion. It saw surpluses for 26 months straight, the third time such surpluses have extended since 2000, according to Bank of Korea figures announced Tuesday. Exports rose in June to $60.3 billion, a 2.3 percent increase over the same period in the previous year. Samsung puts its second quarter sales tentatively at 171 trillion won ($113.6 billion), and announced an operating profit of 89.4 trillion won was announced on Tuesday, surpassing Nvidia's highest operating profit of around 82 trillion won. Further, the International", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/editorial/20260710/ed-move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-10 07:32:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10 07:36:33.725094+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["Samsung", "Nvidia", "Bank of Korea", "KOSPI", "Kosdaq"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/move-to-strengthen-investor-protection-for-more-sound-market.jsonld"}}