Seoul stocks opened at a fresh record high Friday, with the KOSPI surging 2.48 percent to 9,288.89, driven by a continued chip rally fueled by artificial intelligence demand. The gains followed overni…
South Korea's retail crypto trading volume fell 28% year over year to $69 billion in Q1 2026, the steepest decline among major global markets, as retail investors shifted to AI-driven semiconductor st…
Seoul's KOSPI index crossed the 9,000-point milestone on Thursday, reaching 9,000.68, driven by semiconductor and tech stocks. The index broke the new record less than a month after surpassing 8,000 p…
Korean stocks rebounded late Wednesday morning, with the KOSPI rising 0.13 percent to 8,737.91, as retail investors bought market heavyweights despite a tech-led slide on Wall Street. Investors remain…
Seoul stocks opened lower Wednesday, with the KOSPI down 0.87 percent, following tech declines on Wall Street driven by Nvidia's bond sale plan and caution ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy update…
Asia hedge funds focused on AI hardware and semiconductors achieved triple-digit returns in early 2026, with E20 Capital's Global Opportunity Investment Fund up 136% and WT Asset Management's China Fo…
Seoul shares fell nearly 4% late Friday morning as investors locked in profits from a recent tech-led rally, with the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) losing 334.97 points, or 3.88%, to 8,304…
Seoul shares plunged sharply Friday, with the KOSPI falling 5.2 percent to 8,190.25, driven by a tech sector selloff and uncertainty over the U.S.-Iran peace deal. Program trading was suspended after …
South Korean stocks closed at a record high Friday as AI-linked equities surged and renewed hopes for a Middle East ceasefire boosted buying. The benchmark KOSPI gained 290.86 points, or 3.55 percent,…
South Korea's KOSPI closed at 8,476.15 on Friday, up 3.55 percent, approaching the 8,500 milestone as AI-related stocks rallied following Wall Street gains. The index surged after reports that the U.S…
South Korea's KOSPI index closed at a record high of 8,476.15 on Friday, surging 3.55 percent as easing geopolitical tensions and a rally in AI-related stocks boosted investor sentiment. The benchmark…
Samsung Electronics began shipping samples of its 12-layer HBM4E high-bandwidth memory chips on May 29, beating its own second-half 2026 target and achieving speeds of 16 Gbps per pin. The company’s s…
Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun Song stated that the artificial intelligence boom is offsetting the economic drag from the Iran conflict, with the KOSPI index rising approximately 4% from pre-war lev…
The KOSPI opened lower Thursday as a pause in the AI rally, falling oil prices, and conflicting US-Iran signals weighed on market sentiment. Technology and commodity-linked stocks led the decline amid…
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) opened 0.77 percent lower Thursday, falling to 8,165.73, as a rally driven by artificial intelligence stocks paused and oil prices declined amid mixed sig…
South Korean retail investors have poured nearly $13.2 billion into SK Hynix, driving the memory chipmaker's market capitalization past $1 trillion as surging demand for AI-powered high-bandwidth memo…
A solo developer shipped a production stock screener covering 5,600 tickers across Korean and US markets, built almost entirely through AI-assisted "vibe coding." The FastAPI backend on a 2GB VPS suff…
Korean stocks opened at a record high Wednesday, with the KOSPI surging 4.63 percent to 8,420.27, driven by a tech rally and renewed Middle East tensions. The index surpassed the 8,000-point threshold…
The KOSPI surged from 2,770 to 8,047 within a year of President Lee Jae Myung taking office, closing above the 8,000 milestone for the first time on Tuesday. The rally, the strongest among major G20 e…