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Asian Stocks Rebound After AI Sell-Off, but South Korea Gives Up Early Gains

Japanese and Taiwanese shares recovered on Monday after last week’s AI-driven sell-off, but South Korea’s reversal highlighted fragile investor confidence.

November 9, 2026

by Jennifer Hicks

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in a file photo as a global tech selloff nears Wall Street's open

Tech Rout Hits Seoul and Tokyo as Bond Yields Whipsaw Wall Street

South Korea's KOSPI fell 7.57 percent and Japan's Nikkei lost 4.9 percent as traders dumped chip and AI stocks, even after TSMC beat forecasts and Apple closed at a record. Whether rates or valuations drove the selling is the question

October 15, 2026

by Amanda Graham

SK Hynix memory chips at the center of South Korea's KOSPI record single-day selloff triggered by Q2 2026 earnings miss

SK Hynix Miss Triggers South Korea’s Worst Stock Market Day on Record

South Korea's KOSPI fell 11 percent Tuesday, its worst single-day loss on record, after SK Hynix

South Korean retail investor monitors KOSPI stock trading platform in Seoul during the July 2026 market crash

South Korea’s KOSPI Crashes 16% in Two Days as Finance Minister Apologizes for Leveraged ETF Experiment

South Korea's KOSPI plunged roughly 16% over two sessions on July 29-30, erasing $2.18 trillion in market value, as leveraged ETF products turned an SK Hynix earnings miss into a national financial

July 30, 2026

Business·Economy·News

South Korean stock market screens showing KOSPI decline as retail investors face margin calls and forced liquidations

‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: South Korea’s Retail Investors Pay the Price of Leverage

Over 1.2 million South Korean margin accounts hit call thresholds in July as the KOSPI's violent swings exposed a leveraged retail market. Some 360,000 accounts were liquidated; regulators banned new single-stock leveraged

July 20, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Currency dealers monitor screens showing KOSPI index as Asian markets fall amid Iran war and SoftBank loan collapse

SoftBank’s OpenAI Loan Collapse and Iran Strikes Send Asia Markets Into a Four-Front Retreat

SoftBank tumbled 10% after its $6 billion OpenAI margin loan talks collapsed, while Japan's PPI surged 6.3%, South Korea's KOSPI shed another 4.5%, and China's CPI-PPI divergence deepened — four simultaneous cracks

June 10, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Foreign exchange dealing room at Hana Bank Seoul South Korea showing KOSPI and semiconductor stock losses on June 8 2026

Seoul’s Circuit Breaker, a Jobs Shock and Iran’s Missiles: How Three Crises Crashed Asian Markets in a Single Day

South Korea's KOSPI plunged 8.29 percent and tripped its circuit breaker on Monday as three simultaneous shocks — Iran's missile strike on Israel, Broadcom's AI guidance miss, and a blowout US jobs

June 8, 2026

Business·Conflicts, Military and War·Economy·News

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Asian Stocks Rebound After AI Sell-Off, but South Korea Gives Up Early Gains

Tech Rout Hits Seoul and Tokyo as Bond Yields Whipsaw Wall Street

SK Hynix Miss Triggers South Korea’s Worst Stock Market Day on Record

South Korea’s KOSPI Crashes 16% in Two Days as Finance Minister Apologizes for Leveraged ETF Experiment

‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: South Korea’s Retail Investors Pay the Price of Leverage

SoftBank’s OpenAI Loan Collapse and Iran Strikes Send Asia Markets Into a Four-Front Retreat

Seoul’s Circuit Breaker, a Jobs Shock and Iran’s Missiles: How Three Crises Crashed Asian Markets in a Single Day

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