Beijing Stock Exchange opened public consultation on amendments to its Listing Review Rules, proposing changes to the simplified listing procedure. Revisions would: (1) alter the bidding/price-discovery process for simplified issues and clarify the board’s timing for determining issue price and target investors; (2) amend the simplified-procedure negative list so cases involving intermediaries would carry public reprimand or stronger disciplinary measures as the minimum sanction, rather than uns

U.S. President Trump praised the stock market when asked about his finances.

Samsung Electronics will invest about 60 trillion won in South Korea's Yeongnam region to build production centers for humanoid robots, solid-state batteries, AI server packaging substrates and high-value shipbuilding, aiming to create a global physical-AI innovation cluster. Samsung president and DX division head Roh Tae-moon said concentrated investment in humanoid robots, AI data centers and advanced manufacturing would create 200,000 high-quality jobs. The group issued a press release outlining a group-level investment plan centered on Gumi, Ulsan, Busan and Geoje after a briefing at Gyeongsang National University in Jinju.