South Korea stocks

Why South Korea’s stock index is more volatile than Bitcoin

2026-08-09T08:35:37.000Z
Surging turbulence in the Kospi drove a volatility gauge to a record-high 96.9 in June, up from 28.9 at the end of 2025.

South Korea stock volatility eases as leveraged trades unwind amid regulatory curbs

2026-08-09T03:34:51.000Z
The proposed meeting could consider a proposal to approve a 45.5 trillion won  share buyback programme at Samsung.

Samsung’s retail investors seek extra shareholder meeting over buybacks, bonuses

2026-08-04T09:11:09.000Z
The Kodex single-stock ETF tracking SK Hynix saw its trading volume drop to 59 million shares on Aug 3, the lowest since Jun 4. 

South Korean leveraged ETF trading plummets under new curbs

2026-08-04T06:28:37.000Z
Retail investors sold a record amount of Kospi shares on Friday despite a stunning 18 per cent rebound.

Crushed by Kospi rout, angry South Koreans rip President Lee and vow not to buy

2026-08-02T23:26:55.000Z
How sustainable is the current AI investment boom?

Chips up, Meta down and a Fed on hold: making sense of a week that went in every direction

2026-07-31T09:46:00.000Z
The plan follows a sharp rout suffered by the nation’s equity market this week and a slew of recent government measures to stabilise the stock market.

South Korea plans US$14 billion for wealth fund’s AI bets after US$2 trillion rout

2026-07-31T00:35:29.000Z
Samsung said its foundry business is expected to turn around “in the near future” driven by rising factory utilisation rates and chip prices.

Samsung posts over 250-fold rise in Q2 chip profit; sees chip shortage extending to 2028 due to AI boom

2026-07-30T05:14:04.000Z
The Kospi has declined 29 per cent so far this month, exceeding its record monthly fall of 27 per cent in October 1997.

South Korea's Kospi posts biggest fall since early March as chipmakers slump

2026-07-28T07:43:43.000Z
SK Hynix’s recent US listing has extended South Korea’s influence into Wall Street.

‘We are all Korean investors now’: Why South Korea’s AI-heavy market is setting the tone for global stocks

2026-07-19T02:51:03.000Z