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Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSDAQ rips 7% and trips a sidecar while KOSPI grinds higher (Aug 10)

Monday belonged to the small caps. While Seoul's blue-chip KOSPI managed only a modest bounce after a bruising end to last week, the junior KOSDAQ exploded higher, ripping almost 7% and tripping a buy...

2026.08.10 · 11 min read · views 556
Korea Market Brief — KOSDAQ rips 7% and trips a sidecar while KOSPI grinds higher (Aug 10)
Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI slips again as SK Hynix leads chip selloff, but the won holds firm (Aug 7)

Seoul's benchmark spent Friday doing what it has done for weeks now: opening with conviction and closing with doubt. The KOSPI jumped almost 2% within minutes of the bell, only to reverse and trade as...

2026.08.07 · 14 min read · views 545
Korea Market Brief — KOSPI slips again as SK Hynix leads chip selloff, but the won holds firm (Aug 7)
Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI sinks 4.6% as chip giants crater, but KOSDAQ and the won hold firm (Aug 6)

Seoul's market split cleanly in two on Thursday. The large-cap KOSPI took a heavy blow as its two biggest names — Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix — were caught in a global memory-chip selloff, while ...

2026.08.06 · 12 min read · views 391
Korea Market Brief — KOSPI sinks 4.6% as chip giants crater, but KOSDAQ and the won hold firm (Aug 6)
Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI surges 3.76% back toward 6,600 on U.S. chip rally (Aug 5)

Seoul roared back on Wednesday. Two days after the KOSPI shed more than 5% in a single session, the benchmark surged 3.76% to close at 6,598.26, up 239.31 points and back within touching distance of t...

2026.08.05 · 12 min read · views 559
Korea Market Brief — KOSPI surges 3.76% back toward 6,600 on U.S. chip rally (Aug 5)
Economy

Korea Market Brief -- KOSPI rebounds 1.6% while KOSDAQ rips 5.9% on record sidecar streak (Aug 4)

Korea's market split in two on Tuesday. The benchmark KOSPI clawed back some of Monday's brutal 5% loss, but the real story was underneath it: the junior KOSDAQ ripped higher for a third straight day,...

2026.08.04 · 13 min read · views 609
Korea Market Brief -- KOSPI rebounds 1.6% while KOSDAQ rips 5.9% on record sidecar streak (Aug 4)
Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI drops 5% as chip rally reverses (Aug 3)

South Korea's whipsaw week rolled straight into Monday. Two trading days after the KOSPI posted the single largest one-day gain in its history, the benchmark gave back a chunk of it — falling 5.12% to...

2026.08.03 · 12 min read · views 450
Korea Market Brief — KOSPI drops 5% as chip rally reverses (Aug 3)
Economy

Korea Market Brief — Samsung's record chip earnings can't stop KOSPI's 1.2% slide (July 30)

Seoul gave investors a full emotional arc in a single session. The KOSPI opened sharply higher — briefly up more than 5% and touching intraday highs near 5,976 — after Samsung Electronics delivered a ...

2026.07.30 · 13 min read · views 685
Korea Market Brief — Samsung's record chip earnings can't stop KOSPI's 1.2% slide (July 30)