South Korea's KOSPI index sank more than 10% on Tuesday as shares in memory-chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plunged as much as 13.4% and 14%, respectively, driven by investor concerns ove…
Asian markets fell sharply as AI-linked anxiety triggered a tech selloff, with South Korea's KOSPI and Japan's Nikkei suffering steep losses amid concerns over capital requirements and valuation press…
The Korea Exchange (KRX) activated a circuit breaker for the KOSPI on Tuesday after the index plunged more than 8 percent, halting trading for 20 minutes. The sell-off was driven by investors dumping …
South Korea's KOSPI index tumbled nearly 5% on Tuesday, led by a slump in chipmaker stocks amid growing worries over the artificial intelligence sector. The benchmark index fell 4.8% to 2,456.32, its …
South Korea's KOSPI surged 4.40% to close at 7,096.89 on Thursday, reclaiming the 7,000 level for the first time in five sessions, after Alphabet raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $195 b…
Seoul stocks surged 2.42 percent late Thursday morning, with the KOSPI reaching 6,961.92, driven by tech gains after Alphabet's second-quarter earnings beat expectations, including 82 percent on-year …
South Korea's KOSPI opened 2.56% higher Thursday, driven by a tech rally after Alphabet reported better-than-expected Q2 revenue with 82% cloud growth and raised capital expenditure forecasts for AI d…
Korean retail investors face amplified losses as the KOSPI index corrects from 9,000 to 6,000 points, exacerbated by single-stock leveraged ETFs introduced by Korean regulators. Chinese startup Moonsh…
SK Hynix surpassed Samsung Electronics to become South Korea's most valuable company, with a market capitalization of 2,080.4 trillion won ($1.35 trillion) on June 23, driven by a 300% year-to-date su…
South Korea's KOSPI index has been transformed into an AI-fueled casino, with more than half of all circuit breakers in its history triggered in the past six months due to extreme volatility from leve…
Asian equity markets opened sharply lower Friday, with South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index tumbling more than 6% amid a renewed sell-off in semiconductor and technology stocks, according to Disruption…
South Korea's semiconductor exports hit a record $37.16 billion in May 2026, up 169.4% year-over-year, driven by global AI chip demand, prompting the government to raise its 2026 GDP growth forecast t…
Leveraged exchange-traded funds have become a dominant force in South Korea's stock market, amplifying volatility in semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix as retail and institutional m…
South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 6.37% to close at 6,820.60 on Thursday, falling back below 7,000 amid concerns over slowing AI infrastructure investment and intensifying memory chip competition. Mor…
Semiconductor stocks across Asia plunged on June 22, with South Korea's KOSPI index triggering a circuit breaker after falling nearly 10%, as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics each dropped approximatel…
Seoul shares extended losses late Thursday morning, with the benchmark KOSPI falling 7.16 percent to 6,762.92, led by chip stocks amid escalating Middle East conflict and renewed AI valuation concerns…
Seoul shares opened sharply lower Thursday, with the KOSPI falling 323.91 points, or 4.45 percent, to 6,960.50, as investors took profits in technology stocks amid renewed Middle East tensions and con…
Foreign investors sold a record $110 billion in South Korean stocks in the first half of 2026, with June alone accounting for $31 billion in outflows, the largest monthly total on record, as instituti…
Seoul shares opened lower Tuesday, with the KOSPI falling 0.41 percent to 6,779.04, tracking Wall Street losses amid Middle East tensions and uncertainty over AI sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Aver…
SK Hynix shares plunged more than 15% in Seoul on Monday, the stock's worst single-day decline on record, just three sessions after its $26.5 billion Nasdaq ADR listing. The crash triggered a 20-minut…