South Korea GDP (Q/Q) Q3 A: 1.0% (est 0.8%; prev 0.6%) - GDP (Y/Y): 3.4% (est 3.1%; prev 3.7%)

South Korea's advance estimate for third-quarter GDP showed quarter-on-quarter growth of 1.0%, ahead of the 0.8% consensus and up from 0.6% in the prior quarter, while year-on-year growth came in at 3.4%, above the 3.1% forecast but down from 3.7%. The quarter-on-quarter upside points to firmer near-term momentum in the domestic economy, which would ease concerns about a sharp slowdown and tend to support the won and Korean equities through risk-appetite and growth-expectation channels. The softer year-on-year trend, however, indicates that the economy's underlying pace has cooled relative to earlier in the year, limiting how far the upside surprise shifts longer-run rate expectations. Export-oriented sectors and the KOSPI are most sensitive to this kind of data, given their dependence on global demand, while Korean government bond yields may react through growth repricing against the Bank of Korea's policy path. Traders will look to the detailed breakdown of consumption, investment, and net exports in the full release, along with the Bank of Korea's next policy decision, for signals on whether the quarterly rebound is broad

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