Dragons No Longer Emerge from Small Streams... Bank of Korea Says "80% Chance of Poverty Being Inherited" [3-Min Brief]

[At a Glance]
1. "Dragons from Small Streams" Are Disappearing... Poverty Inheritance Deepens Among Young People Outside the Capital Region
2. Household Loans Rebound by 1.4 Trillion Won in Just One Month... Balloon Effect in the Secondary Financial Sector
3. Lee Chanjin: "Even a 5-Minute Reconciliation of Coin Ledgers Is Too Long... It Must Be Monitored in Real Time"

MARKET INDEX

○The three major U.S. New York stock indexes closed slightly lower.

○Selling dominated the market despite the "employment surprise."

○Expectations for Fed rate cuts also receded.

TOP 3 NEWS

■ "It Is Getting Harder for Dragons to Emerge from Small Streams": The Bank of Korea and OECD Have Proven It with Research

○Both income and assets are being passed down to a greater extent in recent generations.
○"Potential dragons must move to big rivers"... Expansion of region-based proportional selection is needed.
○"Turning small streams into big rivers": Non-capital-region flagship universities need stronger educational competitiveness.

■ Household Loans Increased by 1.4 Trillion Won in January, Turning Back to Growth... Sharp Rise in Secondary Financial Sector Lending

○Home mortgage loans grew by 3 trillion won... Bank loans fell by 600 billion won, while secondary financial sector loans jumped by 3.6 trillion won.
○Analysis suggests loan demand is shifting from banks to the secondary financial sector.
○With business resuming at the start of the year and school-term moving demand, the increase is expected to expand further in February. 

■ Lee Chanjin: "Holdings on Virtual Asset Exchanges and Ledger Balances Must Be Linked in Real Time"

○Financial authorities agree on imposing regulations comparable to those on financial companies.
○The Bithumb CEO said, "We will set a broad scope for victim relief."
○There have been two previous cases of erroneous double payments.

Graphic News: "Semiconductors Did All the Heavy Lifting"... KDI Raises This Year's Economic Growth Forecast to 1.9%, Up 0.1 Percentage Point from Before

○KDI raised its growth forecast for this year to 1.9%, up 0.1 percentage point.
○Thanks to strong semiconductors, export and facility investment forecasts were revised upward.
○Construction investment remains sluggish... Economic polarization persists.

Money-Making Law

■ Fraudster Who Used AI to Fabricate Evidence and Even Deceived a Judge... Prosecutors Indict After Supplementary Investigation

○Using AI to falsify a balance certificate, he committed fraud worth around 300 million won and initially avoided detention.
○Through their own supplementary investigation, prosecutors uncovered the fake certificate and indicted him under detention.
○Charges added include forgery of private documents and obstruction of official duties by fraudulent means.
☞Read the article: https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026021114352520232

■ Minimum Thickness Standard for Liquid Waterproofing in Apartments Should Be Set at 4 mm

○The court ruled that the minimum thickness standard for liquid waterproofing defects is 4 mm.
○Instead of the previous 6 mm and 10 mm, a uniform 4 mm standard applies to both walls and floors.
○The construction company is definitively ordered to pay more than 1.8 billion won in damages to residents.
☞Read the article: https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026021114374028202

■ 20 Million Won Compensation for Flying Yoga Fall

○A fall accident occurred when the hammock came loose during a flying yoga class.
○The court acknowledged the gym's liability for negligent facility management.
○The gym was ordered to pay the user about 20 million won in compensation.
☞Read the article: https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/lawtimes/2026021114404158415

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Today's Key Schedule

○Domestic

○Overseas

00:15 Speech by U.S. FOMC member Bowman

00:30 U.S. crude oil inventories

00:30 U.S. Cushing crude oil inventories

03:00 U.S. 10-year Treasury note auction

04:00 U.S. federal budget balance (January)

08:50 Japan corporate goods price index (MoM) (January)

16:00 U.K. GDP (YoY) (Q4)

16:00 U.K. GDP (MoM) (December)

16:00 U.K. GDP (QoQ) (Q4)

21:00 U.K. NIESR monthly GDP estimate (January)

◇Lunchtime & Commute Weather

○Morning low: -2℃(▼2℃) ｜Afternoon high: 9℃(▲3℃)
○Precipitation probability: morning 0%｜afternoon 20%
○Fine dust: morning bad｜afternoon moderate

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