Overseas investors sold a net 190.5 trillion won in the first nine months, and analysts say it will take lower prices or sustained earnings growth to bring them back
Foreign investors’ retreat from South Korean stocks is spreading beyond chipmakers, as fading demand for shares threatens to stall the market’s recovery from a bruising summer selloff.
Korea’s stock market starved of buyers, leaving foreigners holding the cards
(Courtesy of Getty Images) Fresh buying has dried up in South Korea’s stock market after a bruising two-month selloff.A net 12.54 trillion won ($9.2 billion) flowed out of the market in August, the largest monthly outflow since records began in 2000 and the first negative reading this yea
Samsung Electronics shares skid as record shareholder return disappoints
A Samsung Electronics employee inspects a semiconductor wafer in a clean room at the company’s Hwaseong plant in South Korea Shares of Samsung Electronics Co. plunged more than 8% on Monday, the first trading day after the company unveiled a record shareholder return package of 90 trillio
Samsung Electronics poised for record shareholder payout as memory boom fuels cash windfall
Samsung Electronics’ headquarters in Seoul South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. is preparing to unveil what could become the country’s largest shareholder return program in its corporate history, as a historic boom in the memory chip market drives unprecedented cash generation
Kospi snaps back, led by Samsung, SK Hynix on share buyback hopes
South Korea’s benchmark Kospi closed 5.9% higher at 6,852.58 on Aug. 20, 2026, recouping much of the previous session’s 6.6% loss (Courtesy of Yonhap) The Kospi staged a sharp reversal on Thursday from the previous session as Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. rallied on shar
NPS shifts to defensive stocks as Kospi volatility surges
The National Pension Service manages $1.2 trillion in assets South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has added to its holdings in Celltrion Inc., SK Telecom Co. and Samyang Foods Co., tilting its portfolio toward defensive stocks amid heightened volatility in the domestic stock market.The
Korean stocks swing wildly as Samsung, SK Hynix reverse course; Forced selling deepens market strain
(Courtesy of Reuters via Yonhap) South Korea’s equity market was gripped by extreme volatility on Tuesday as shares of Samsung Electronics Co. and SK Hynix Inc. swung between steep losses and gains, underscoring fragile investor confidence following one of the market’s worst sell-offs in years.
SK Hynix’s shares slump in Seoul despite blockbuster Nasdaq ADR debut amid weaker Q2 earnings forecasts
SK Hynix’s ADRs began trading on the Nasdaq on July 10, 2026 SK Hynix Inc.’s shares fell sharply in Seoul on Monday, retreating more than 8% despite the chipmaker’s successful Nasdaq debut last week, as investors shifted their focus from the company’s expanding global investor base to concerns
Korean stocks suffer another Black Monday as Kospi slips below 7,000 on chip rout, geopolitical fears
The Kospi suffered another Black Monday with the index falling below 7,000 points in two months South Korea’s stock market suffered its steepest sell-off in months on Monday, with the benchmark Kospi index plunging nearly 9% as a sharp retreat in semiconductor shares, combined with mounting geo
