South Korea\'s financial investment industry is bracing for a parliamentary audit that is expected to focus on investor protection and information security. Lawmakers are set to question regulators over the rollout and supervision of single-stock leveraged and inverse exchange-traded products after disclosures of retail losses. The expanding hacking incidents across financial institutions have also put securities firms\' security and internal control systems under scrutiny, alongside calls for tougher preventive inspections.

South Korean stocks are heading into the Chuseok holiday with attention focused on a U.S.-China summit expected to address tariffs, semiconductor export restrictions, rare earth supply and AI. Analysts say investors should gauge sector-by-sector effects, while also monitoring oil prices and U.S. interest rates. The KOSPI has risen for four sessions to regain 7,000, but caution persists. Market direction after the holiday may hinge on whether uncertainty over tariffs and export controls eases.