Seoul Composite Index pares loss to 5.4% after trading resumes

The absence of any stated cause or halt duration is itself the story: a benchmark moving this sharply with no official explanation leaves market participants pricing uncertainty rather than fundamentals. What matters is whether the partial recovery reflects genuine demand or merely thinner liquidity after a reopening, and whether Korean authorities clarify the trigger. Until then, the index's swings say more about confidence in market plumbing than about the underlying economy.