South Korea’s KOSPI Plunges 8.1%, Nears Trading Halt

A single-session drop of this size on Korea's benchmark matters less for the index itself than for what it signals about stress in a market that sits at the intersection of global risk appetite and Asian tech exposure. The proximity to a halt threshold is the real story: circuit-breaker rules exist to interrupt cascades, and nearing one suggests selling pressure is broad rather than concentrated. Whether the move proves to be an isolated repricing or the start of a wider regional risk-off episode is the open question worth watching as the next session unfolds.