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Long-form essays on Korean capital markets and the industries reshaping them — public equity, private equity and venture capital, IPO mechanics, M&A, and the sectors driving the next decade of capital flows: AI and semiconductors, K-beauty and consumer, biotech, platforms, and the categories not yet named.

Series essays anchor the publication. Sovereign AI is the inaugural series. Future series cover Korean IPO mechanics, KOSDAQ valuation convergence, the K-beauty platform stack, and the structural arc of cross-border M&A in Asia. Between series, occasional reaction essays on disclosed Korean filings, KRX-listed comp-table constructions, and methodology notes.