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# Daily Pulse, July 1, 2026 KOSPI -2.04% | KOSDAQ +1.44% | SOX +3.92%, Foreign and Institutional Both Sold; Retail Absorbed Alone Market Summary KRW 1.74 trillion (~$1.1B). That is what retail investors deployed into a falling KOSPI today, the only buyer in a session where foreign capital
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Korea's mega-project briefing names KRW 800T for new southwestern fabs, KRW 81T for HBM packaging, KRW 550T for 8.4GW AI data centers. The only dated commitment — five-year capacity doubling — belongs to existing Yongin. What that asymmetry tells you.
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# Daily Pulse, June 30, 2026 KOSPI +0.97% | KOSDAQ -0.48% | Foreign Net Sell KRW 3.82T (~$2.5B), Eight Consecutive Sessions, Index Still Rises Market Summary Eight consecutive sessions of foreign net selling. KRW 3.82 trillion (~$2.5B) extracted today alone. The KOSPI closed at 8,476.48,
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# Daily Pulse, June 29, 2026 KOSPI -0.20% | KOSDAQ +8.13% | KRW 518T (~$336B) Capex Announced, Foreign Sold KRW 7.69T (~$5.0B) Anyway Market Summary KRW 7.69 trillion (~$5.0B). That is what foreign investors sold from Korean equities on Monday, and the KOSPI fell 0.20%. On
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Samsung announced Korea's largest buyback. By April, everything not reserved for compensation was cancelled — not held. KoreaAlpha Follow-Through Score: 43 → 80/100.
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Korea broadcast its Value-Up roadmap on 22 August 2025. Where corporate-governance reform sat in that briefing — and what takes effect 23 July 2026 — tells you the legislative fight is over.
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# Daily Pulse, June 26, 2026 KOSPI -5.81% | KOSDAQ -4.10% | KRW 8.43T (~$5.5B), Smart Money Sold. Retail Caught It. Again. The Number That Matters KRW 8.43T (~$5.5B). That is the combined foreign and institutional net sell on Friday, and retail absorbed KRW 8.19T (~$5.
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KOSPI +5.42% | KOSDAQ -2.36% | NPS KRW 74T (~$47.9B), The Institution Bought. The Floor May Also Be the Ceiling. The Number That Matters KRW 3.30T (~$2.1B). That is how much institutional capital, led by pension and domestic fund flows, bought into Thursday's KOSPI surge,
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# Daily Pulse, June 24, 2026 KOSPI +3.26% | KOSDAQ +2.00% | SOX -7.87%, The KOSPI Rallied While Its Catalyst Collapsed The Number That Matters The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 7.87% on Tuesday. The KOSPI rose 3.26%. That divergence, 267 points recovered to 8,471.02, the largest
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# Daily Pulse, June 23, 2026 KOSPI -9.99% | KOSDAQ -7.94% | KRW 8.59T (~$5.6B), Retail Caught Every Share Smart Money Threw The Number That Matters 910 points. That is how far the KOSPI fell on Tuesday, the largest single-session point decline in the index's history,
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# Daily Pulse, June 22, 2026 KOSPI −0.13% | KOSDAQ −3.43% | National Pension Service Dumped KRW 1.2T (~$793M) Last Week The Number That Matters KRW 1.2 trillion (~$793M). That is how much Korea's National Pension Service, the single largest domestic institutional holder of Korean equities, sold
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# Daily Pulse, June 20, 2026 KOSPI −0.13% | KOSDAQ −3.43% | 9,300 Ceiling Rejected, All Three Investor Classes Sold Market Summary 791. That is the number of KOSPI constituents that declined on Friday, even as the index closed at 9,052.42, roughly flat on the session. The KOSDAQ