South Korea's Kospi index sinks more than 9% on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks

South Korea's Kospi index fell 10.8% on Tuesday driven by heavy selling of chipmaker stocks, with Samsung Electronics down 13.4% and SK Hynix down 14.7%, as market sentiment shifts on concerns that Chinese competition in AI chips and chipmaking equipment could undermine global leaders' dominance.

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