Why Is the Kospi Down Today? The July 7 Crash in 7 Numbers

Samsung posted the biggest quarterly tech profit in history — and the Kospi fell 4.91%, tripping a circuit breaker. Seven numbers explain the crash.

Is Samsung Foundry Dead? What the Obituaries Miss About Its 2nm Order Book

TSMC now owns 72.3% of the foundry market and Samsung 6.5% — an 11x gap. So why did Tesla hand Samsung a $16.5 billion contract, and why is Nvidia next?

The ‘Next Japan Trade’ Paradox: Korea Copied Japan’s Playbook, Hard-Coded It Into Law — and Foreigners Still Sold $97 Billion

Korea copied Japan’s governance-reform playbook, then went further and wrote it into law. So why did foreign investors dump a record ₩148 trillion in H1…

Korea’s ‘New Japan Trade,’ One Year In: Did Copying Japan Actually Work?

Global funds call Korea “the new Japan trade.” One year into the Value-Up push, buyback cancellations hit records and the law now forces them — yet…

Korea Just Announced Its Own ‘Stargate.’ Watch the Capex, Not the ₩1,000 Trillion Headline.

Korea unveiled a ~₩1,000 trillion ($720B) AI and chip mega-plan — a “Korean Stargate.” But it’s built differently from the US version, and the president…

Korea Quietly Rewrote Its Corporate Law. Wall Street Calls It the ‘New Japan Trade.’

Korea’s Value-Up program is a national attempt to end the chronic “Korea discount.” Unlike past reforms, this one became law — and the policy line has stayed consistent across a change of government. Here’s what actually changed, who wins, and where the skeptics have a point.

Foreigners Are Dumping Korea — So Why Are They Crowding Into Its Chips?

In 2026 the KOSPI broke 9,000 while foreign ownership of Samsung and SK Hynix hit a one-year low. It’s not a contradiction — it’s forced selling of “Korea” and deep conviction in its AI memory. Here’s the machine behind it.