SK Hynix ADR Dividend: The Fee Cap Exceeds the Payout
SK Hynix declared ₩375 a share on Aug 7. After Korean tax that is $0.0225 per ADS — and the deposit agreement caps the ADR distribution fee at $0.05 per…
The Korean Market Went Up This Week. The One You Own Went Down.
Weekly scoreboard for August 3–7, 2026. The KOSPI fell 5.10% to 6,258.77, a seventh straight weekly loss and the longest streak since December 2022.
Seoul Answered the Foreign Press This Week. Here’s the Transcript.
On August 6 Korea’s deputy prime minister said the index was “stabilizing.” The KOSPI closed down 4.58% that day.
You Didn’t Buy ‘Korean Chips.’ You Bought Two Companies That Just Moved in Opposite Directions.
Samsung Electronics rose 0.22% on August 7 while SK Hynix fell 4.88% — the same index, the same industry, opposite signs.
60 Korean Earnings Reports. 58 of Them Land in the Next Seven Sessions.
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’s Market Hit Its Brakes 45 Times This Year. Nobody Outside Korea Is Counting.
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.
Donghak Ants vs. Seohak Ants: Korea’s Retail Army Has Two Names — and in July They Went Opposite Ways
Korean retail investors have two names. Donghak ants buy Korean stocks; seohak ants buy American ones.
SK Hynix Investor Hub: Next Earnings Date, ADR Math, and Payout Status
The next SK Hynix earnings date is not yet announced (late October expected, not confirmed). One Seoul share equals ten Nasdaq ADRs, and the premium was about 19% on July 31 closes – a day Seoul closed at its 30% price limit, which flatters the number. Shareholder-return policy: still undecided. Updated each quarter.
KOSPI’s Wildest Week Ever Moved the Index 1.4%
In the last week of July 2026 the KOSPI printed a −10.84% session and its largest one-day gain on record (+17.91%) inside five trading days — travelling 36.9 percentage points to finish down 1.42%. And the month headlines called the worst ever ranks third on month-end closes, behind October 1997 and October 2008.
Korea Defended Its Currency. It Did Not Defend Its Stock Market.
On July 30, 2026 Korea and Japan were reported to have intervened in the currency market while US authorities ran a rate check — and a Korean official confirmed the three-way coordination on the record. The same week, regulators tripled deposit requirements on leveraged ETFs and opened an investigation into foreign high-frequency trading. And while the KOSPI fell 42% from its record high, nobody bought the index.