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South Korea stocks tumble 6% as AI jitters hit chipmakers
South Korea stocks tumbled more than 6% after Meta's compute-resale plan fuelled AI overcapacity fears, dragging Samsung and SK Hynix lower.
Korean stocks tumble 9% as chip rout forces second halt
South Korean stocks slid as much as 9%, forcing another 20-minute halt as Samsung and SK Hynix sank and AI-chip nerves spread across Asia.
AI stock sell-off spreads from Korea chips to SpaceX
AI stock sell-off pressure spread from South Korean chip names into SpaceX and U.S. futures, turning a local pullback into a global reset.
Memory chip rally puts SK Hynix, Micron in $1tn club
Memory chip rally sent SK Hynix and Micron above $1 trillion as AI demand made HBM supply look more like infrastructure scarcity than a commodity cycle.
Korea's 100% stock rally is now testing the dotcom analogy
Korean stocks have doubled in 2026, but the Kospi's AI-fuelled surge now hinges on two chip names, labour tensions and a fragile memory cycle.
Korean volatility is becoming Asia's clearest foreign-flow warning
Foreign investors sold $13.2 billion of Korean equities in a week, pushing Kospi volatility toward crisis-era territory and turning Seoul into a live test of how quickly Asia risk appetite can crack.
