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…
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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…
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.
The KOSPI Doubled in 2026. Is This Korea’s AI Moment — or 1999 All Over Again?
Korea’s KOSPI roughly doubled in 2026 and broke 9,000 for the first time. The earnings engine is real — but record retail margin debt and a two-stock index are the fuel. Here’s how to tell a boom from a bubble.
I Bought Samsung at 53,000 Won. Two Years Later It Was Under 50,000.
A Korean retail investor’s true story of holding Samsung through a two-year slump — and the HBM truth the English headlines missed.