The Ministry said that based on a 24‑hour meteorological risk analysis for mountain floods, from 08:00 on July 26 to 08:00 on July 27, 43 contiguous counties across Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong reached red‑level warnings for mountain floods, indicating a high risk of mountain‑flood events.

Data from the Korea Exchange and Yonhap Infomax published on the 26th showed that as of the 24th retail investors’ net purchases of ETFs this year reached 69.5 tln won, approaching 70 tln won. That amount is roughly 70% of retail buying on the main board. Retail net purchases on the main board totaled 109.9 tln won, with ETFs accounting for 63.2% of those retail main-board flows (about 630,000 won of every 1,000,000 won). ETF inflows have continued to rise despite a pullback in Korean equities this month.

Israeli military says it killed two Hamas commanders and one intelligence officer in Gaza over the past week.