South Korea faces risk of a "Black Monday" event with “currency instability, interest-rate repricing and profit taking in semiconductors all happening at the same time"

South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 5.54% to 8,161 as Samsung and SK Hynix cratered, dragging emerging market assets into a third straight session of losses.

Korean stocks opened more than 1 percent lower Monday, tracking Wall Street's slide sparked by the semiconductor shock and rate hike fears, with bi...

South Korea's KOSPI index plummeted nearly 9% on Monday, triggering circuit breakers, as strong U.S. jobs data fueled expectations of Federal Reserve rate hikes. Tech giants…

South Korea's KOSPI index dropped 8.8%, triggering a trading halt