Seoul, 19 July 2026 – South Korea’s increasingly AI-dominated equity market is becoming an important indicator for global investor sentiment as sharp swings in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix ripple through semiconductor shares across Asia, Europe and the United States.

The benchmark Kospi has endured extreme volatility after an extraordinary artificial intelligence-driven rally lifted the index above 9,000 points before a rapid correction pushed it into a technical bear market.

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