South Korea stocks

South Korea’s Kospi craters over 8% as Fed fears spark tech rout

President Lee Jae Myung said the market was “still undervalued”

Chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have powered the Kospi’s more than 90 per cent rise in 2026.

World’s hottest market South Korea has bulls reaching for protection

Many investors are becoming pickier about where to put new money and keeping cash ready for opportunities elsewhere 

Retail participation is also losing some steam, while surging margin loans face the risk of a Bank of Korea rate hike.

South Korean stocks slide as cracks emerge in world-beating rally

Retail investors, once key drivers, are showing less willingness to commit fresh cash

While financial firms have been the outperformers in Japan this year, the country’s technology companies also have benefited as the popular AI trade broadened.

Global funds buy Japan as they flee Asia’s hottest stock markets

Expectations for stronger corporate governance reforms have also been a driver of foreign inflows into the country

SK Hynix chairman Chey Tae-won says that the company is responding to an endemic deficit of storage chips that could last till 2030.

SK Hynix plans to double capacity to ease memory chip crunch

The company will do whatever it takes to fund the expansion, says chairman Chey Tae-won

The total market capitalisation of South Korea-listed companies has soared 86% this year to US$5 trillion.

South Korea overtakes India as world’s sixth-largest stock market

The Kospi Index has powered past President Lee Jae Myung’s 5,000 goal earlier this year

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is expected to visit South Korea later this week and meet LG Group chairman Koo Kwang-mo and other Korean executives.

Samsung, LG shares rally ahead of Nvidia CEO meetings with Korean executives

[SEOUL] Shares in Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other South Korean tech firms rallied on Monday (Jun 1), as expected meetings between Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Korean executives boosted ho...

Over the past year, Samsung has jumped more than 400% while SK Hynix has gained over 1,000%.

Samsung, SK rally sparks forced selling as funds hit limits

Combined, they have US$58.6 billion worth of net outflows this year

Linked to chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the products will seek to deliver twice the daily moves of the two stocks, both central to the global AI trade.

World’s most fervent day traders in South Korea to get risky new tools

Single-stock leveraged ETFs are set to launch in the country

"The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dropped 488.23 points, or 6.12%, to close at 7,493.18.

South Korea’s world-beating stock rally stumbles as global funds sell

Kospi hits 8,000, but gains vanish as foreign tech selling turns a morning surge into a retreat