Iraqi state media reported the government has signed an agreement with SpaceX to allow Starlink to operate in Iraq.

More than 50 STAR Market companies have disclosed new share buyback plans year-to-date, with an aggregate upper limit above 8 billion yuan. Announcements clustered during the market pullback: Montage Technology on July 17 proposed a 300–600 million yuan buyback, and other firms this week disclosed plans ranging from several tens of millions to roughly 100 million yuan. Shareholder and executive purchases are running in parallel: since the start of 2026 nearly 20 STAR Market companies have disclosed insider buy plans (controlling shareholders, actual controllers, directors and senior management), with an aggregate upper limit above 600 million yuan.

YONHAP reports South Korea's President Lee called for increased agricultural subsidies to protect food security and safeguard farmers' livelihoods.