Foreign Investors Accelerate Exit From South Korean Shares as Memory Chip Boom Fades

Foreign investors are rapidly exiting South Korean stocks amid fading momentum in the memory chip sector, with a 70% drop in trading value since May and a 22% fall in the Kospi index. The selloff is driven by concerns over the sustainability of the memory chip boom that had propelled Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, which together make up over half of the Kospi's market weight.

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