Kospi skyrocketed over 122% since the beginning of the year to hit a lifetime high of 9,386 in June on the back of a global AI frenzy, before things began to go downhill. While South Koreas stock market grabbed headlines as the worlds best-performing stock market this year so far, analysts were quick to point out the concentration of chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which make up just over half of the benchmark Kospi.

South Korean equities suffered their steepest one-day decline in nearly five months on Tuesday, with the benchmark KOSPI sliding almost 11% as a global rout in semiconductor…

South Korea's Kospi index crashed over 11% on Wednesday, extending its drop to 43% from its June peak into technical bear market territory. The sharp plunge, triggered by earnings…