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Korean stocks opened sharply higher Friday, with the KOSPI adding 1.15 percent to 5,657.79, driven by gains in semiconductor shares after Microsoft's strong earnings report. Microsoft jumped 15 percen…

Korean stocks plummeted more than 8 percent late Tuesday morning as the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 580.04 points, or 8.59 percent, to 6,175.71, triggering a marketwide circuit brea…

Korean stocks opened sharply lower Tuesday, with the KOSPI falling 6.41 percent to 6,322.80, driven by losses in tech shares after a selloff in chipmakers on Wall Street. The Korea Exchange activated …