Mr. Gat

Decoding Korean stocks for global investors. Every number traced back to the original DART filings.

60 Korean Earnings Reports. 58 of Them Land in the Next Seven Sessions.

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Bar chart of Korean second-quarter 2026 earnings events with a disclosed investor-relations schedule, counted by trading day. Thursday August 6 has 12, Friday August 7 has 10, Monday August 10 has 4, Tuesday August 11 has 6, Wednesday August 12 has 14, Thursday August 13 has 7, and Friday August 14 has 5. A dashed line marks August 14 as the semi-annual report filing deadline, 45 days after the half-year end. Monday August 17 is shaded as a market holiday. Only one event each falls on August 19 and August 20. Figures count scheduled investor-relations events disclosed on KRX KIND, not regulatory filings.

Korean Q2 earnings season is seven trading days long. Of the 60 companies that disclosed an IR schedule to the Korea Exchange, 58 report between August 6 and August 14 – the semi-annual filing deadline, 45 days after the half-year end. Fourteen report on August 12 alone. Samsung and SK Hynix already went in July. KEPCO still has no date.

Korea Hit Its Circuit Breakers 45 Times This Year

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Bar chart of KOSPI sidecar triggers by calendar year. 2008, the global financial crisis year, had 26. All of 2025 had 3. 2026 through August 5 has 45, split 23 sell-side and 22 buy-side. A side panel notes that 9 of the 15 KOSPI circuit breakers ever recorded since December 1998 happened in 2026, or 60 percent. Figures are from the Korea Exchange as cited in the Korean press.

Korea stopped program trading 45 times in 2026 – 23 on the way down, 22 on the way up – against 26 in all of 2008. Nine of the 15 KOSPI circuit breakers ever recorded fired this year. A guide to Korea’s three-layer brake system: the sidecar, the circuit breaker, and the 30 percent daily price limit that has no US equivalent.