Seoul’s KOSPI turns positive as Samsung gains, local funds buy; Nikkei pares losses

The rebound is notable less for its size than for who drove it: domestic funds stepping in while Samsung led the turn suggests local conviction is absorbing the selling pressure rather than foreign flows doing the work. That distinction matters for anyone reading this as a regional risk signal, since it implies the recovery is narrower and more domestically anchored than a broad sentiment shift. Whether local buying continues to offset the earlier drawdown, and whether the Nikkei's narrowed loss follows the same pattern, is the open question.