Lee So-young's nomination begins the work of putting a confirmed minister back over Korea's SME and startups brief, whose venture-capital and overseas-expansion tasks have so far been stated without a number attached.
Reality
- Evidence70
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives60
- Confidence65
Korea's three-year treasury yield went above 4% in the same week that opposition lawmakers put Seoul's housing starts at well under 60% of their decade average. The National Assembly spent the day arguing about capital-gains deductions.
Reality
- Evidence44
- Adoption38
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives74
- Confidence47
Democratic Party leader Kim Min-seok backs the overhaul's direction and wants the exemption list read broadly. The 900 million won deduction may hold; the number of owners it reaches may not.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+14
- Incentives62
- Confidence41
Won-loan delinquency hit 0.56% in June, the highest for that month since 2016. All of the deterioration sits on the corporate side, and small firms are carrying it.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption25
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives45
- Confidence52
The August 14 deal names an EPC contractor and adds financing guarantees for up to eight 345MW reactors. Those are the items that decide whether a demo plant becomes a fleet.
Reality
- Evidence38
- Adoption22
- Hype gap+32
- Incentives74
- Confidence48