Foreign investors have sold a record $110B in South Korean equities in H1 2026, with June's $31B monthly outflow the largest in the market's history.

Emerging markets saw substantial equity outflows totalling $46.1 billion in June. South Korea and Taiwan experienced the largest investor withdrawals from their stock markets. …

Emerging markets equities faced a $46.1 billion outflow in June, driven by tech selloffs in South Korea and Taiwan, while debt markets attracted foreign inflows.

Foreign investors have sold a record $110B in South Korean equities in H1 2026, with June's $31B monthly outflow the largest in the market's history.

Foreign investment in listed companies here surged by about 30 percent over the past year, led largely by U.S. asset managers and investment funds....

South Korea's Kospi slumped as much as 8%, briefly triggering a sidecar trading curb, as a Bank of Korea rate hike, a sharp sell-off in AI chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK…