"Mom, this is what stocks were like"...Kids who tasted money in the bull market, their stock holdings nearly 3 trillion won.

The market is at highs, with strong earnings from five major companies driving the positive trend.

Petrochemical companies are looking to overcome the slump by focusing on high-value semiconductor materials. Lotte adds a photoresist production plant, OCI emphasizes electronic materials, and Samyang produces EUV materials for DRAM, riding the semiconductor boom.

OpenAI executive Oliver Jay's interview highlights the launch of agent-specialized GPT-5.5, large investments with Korean semiconductor companies as a source of GPT's strong competitiveness, and states "Korea is the world's only full-stack nation."

The US Department of Justice has concluded its investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, enhancing the stability of the Fed and potentially accelerating Kevin Warsh's confirmation.