{"slug": "s-korea-s-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-as-chipmakers-slump-on-ai-worries", "title": "S.Korea's KOSPI tumbles nearly 5% as chipmakers slump on AI worries", "summary": "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 biggest daily drop since August 2024, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both plunging more than 6%.", "body_md": "# S.Korea's KOSPI tumbles nearly 5% as chipmakers slump on AI worries\n\nBy rvzSource:\n\n[Hacker News AI](https://news.ycombinator.com)Article URL: [https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skoreas-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-chipmakers-slump-ai-worries-2026-07-07/](https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/skoreas-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-chipmakers-slump-ai-worries-2026-07-07/)\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078092](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078092)\n\nPoints: 6\n\n# Comments: 1\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korea-s-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-as-chipmakers-slump-on-ai-worries", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/skoreas-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5percent-as-chipmakers-slump-on-mga7", "published_at": "2026-07-28 01:23:59+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-28 03:57:34.854904+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["KOSPI", "Samsung Electronics", "SK Hynix"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korea-s-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-as-chipmakers-slump-on-ai-worries", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korea-s-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-as-chipmakers-slump-on-ai-worries.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korea-s-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-as-chipmakers-slump-on-ai-worries.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korea-s-kospi-tumbles-nearly-5-as-chipmakers-slump-on-ai-worries.jsonld"}}