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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 1,683

Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI's record 17.9% rebound as chip giants roar back (July 31)

Seoul just delivered the single most violent week in the modern history of its stock market — and it ended with the biggest one-day gain the KOSPI has ever recorded. On Friday, July 31, the benchmark ...

2026.07.31 · 13 min read · views 1,186

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 2,815

Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI rebounds ~2.8% as chip giants steady after record crash (July 29)

Seoul got its footing back on Wednesday. A day after the KOSPI suffered one of the worst single-session falls in its history — an 10.84% crash that briefly pushed the index below 6,000 — Korean stocks...

2026.07.29 · 13 min read · views 1,809