KRX Korea Sovereign AI Index
Exposure to Korean companies driving sovereign AI through software, infrastructure, semiconductors, and energy.
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Recent Events
SK Telecom's Q2 2026 earnings release is scheduled. Low importance estimated as historical price impact for quarterly earnings typically falls within the 1-5% range.
Q2 2026 earnings release and company shipment growth forecasts scheduled.
Hanwha Solutions confirmed a shareholder-allotted rights offering that will issue 56,000,000 new common shares for expected gross proceeds of about KRW 1.8144 trillion. This is a qualifying corporate action because it changes the company’s share count and dilutes existing holders. The claimed June 5, 2026 date matches the new-share allocation record date, not the ex-rights trading date.
Effective date (2026-05-29) for the small-scale stock exchange to make SK Broadband a wholly-owned subsidiary of SK Telecom. SK Telecom will pay cash to remaining SK Broadband shareholders. This action is not expected to change SK Telecom's share count. Low importance estimated as no share dilution is involved.
Q1 2026 dividend ex-date. The company declared a dividend of KRW 600 per share. The payment date is scheduled for June 11, 2026.
News is expected to report on 2026-05-19 that Samsung Electro-Mechanics' MLCC division is at 100% capacity and its substrate business has secured 3-year backlog due to AI and automotive demand. High importance estimated as this fundamental strength is expected to trigger >10% price impact, expected.
Announced acceleration of Yongin semiconductor cluster investment to meet AI demand, moving up clean room opening to Feb 2027; this expansion is estimated to have a >5% price impact.
On 2026-05-19, the company announced it will change its corporate name from 'Hancom Inc.' to 'HANCOM' and shift its strategy to become a global 'Sovereign Agentic OS' AI company.
Partner X-energy's Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project in Texas is expected to receive environmental impact approval from the U.S. NRC on May 19, 2026. A Medium impact (≥5%) is estimated as Doosan Enerbility is the core component supplier for this major growth project expected.
Announced on 2026-05-19 that Chairman Kwak Dong-shin will purchase KRW 8 billion of company stock on June 16, 2026, signaling confidence after a poor earnings report scheduled.
Stock price fell 8.61% to KRW 74,300 on May 19, 2026, following an earlier 6.12% drop on May 18, attributed to profit-taking by foreign and institutional investors after a recent sharp rally.
Naver issued a public disclosure on 2026-05-19 regarding rumors of acquiring Woowa Brothers, stating no decision has been made; price impact estimated as Low (<5%) due to lack of confirmation.
Announcement of a $70 million (approx. 105 billion KRW) contract to supply power distribution equipment to a large U.S. big tech company's data center; high impact estimated due to strategic client significance, expected.
Announced a collaboration with Kurly on May 18, 2026, to conduct a proof-of-concept (PoC) for deploying humanoid robots in Kurly's logistics centers; high importance estimated due to the strategic significance of the partnership.
Announced preliminary Q1 2026 earnings on 2026-05-15 with an operating profit of KRW 8.45 billion, an 87.9% decrease year-over-year, leading to a significant stock price drop of over 20% scheduled.
BHI Q1 2026 earnings release with a 183.9% YoY increase in operating profit to KRW 35.3 billion, significantly surpassing market expectations expected. High importance justified by estimated >10% price impact from record profits.
Launched the highly anticipated new game 'Subnautica 2' in Early Access. It sold over 1 million copies on its first day and ranked first in global sales on the Steam platform.
Announced Q1 2026 earnings with revenue of KRW 340.3 billion and operating profit of KRW 67.2 billion, exceeding market expectations. This was a 14% and 19% increase, respectively, from the previous quarter.
Cancellation of 5.4 million treasury shares (1.26% of total) worth KRW 80 billion on May 15, 2026; impact estimated at ~1% due to share count reduction, scheduled.
Unveiled 'Physical Works,' a physical AI integrated platform for operating humanoid robots on May 14, 2026, which led to a significant stock price increase of over 20% in the following week.
YEST Co Ltd submitted its Q1 2026 quarterly report, with semiconductor equipment accounting for 80% of sales.
Released Q1 2026 earnings: Sales 27.5B KRW, Operating Profit 4.9B KRW (beating forecasts), and a Net Loss of -5.1B KRW (missing forecasts).
The company announced the first prologue test for the new subculture action RPG 'LIMIT ZERO BREAKERS' for June 11-15, 2026; as an early-stage game test, a low market impact (≥1%) is scheduled.
The company announced Q1 2026 earnings with an operating profit of 113.3 billion KRW (up 2070% YoY) and revenue of 557.4 billion KRW, described as an 'earning surprise'; due to the significant profit growth, a high market impact (≥10%) is expected.
Hancom announced its Q1 2026 earnings on 2026-05-13, reporting record-high quarterly separate revenue of KRW 46.5 billion and operating profit of KRW 17.6 billion, driven by growth in its AI business.