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OPINION: U.S. midterm reckoning lands on the Seoul bourse
OPINION: U.S. midterm reckoning lands on the Seoul bourse The blue shockwave from America’s midterm elections has crossed the Pacific. It delivered a rebuke to Republicans in Congress and to the White House, and for two frantic trading days it also battered the Seoul bourse, where the artificial intelligence boom had made an American vote on the cost of living painfully relevant to Korean investors. The KOSPI closed Friday at 5,059.69, down 6 percent and lowest since February 2 as investors feared that newly elected Democrats would November 6, 2026