From FOMO To Oh No! Koreans Face Massive Forced Liquidations As AI Bubble Bursts

From FOMO To Oh No! Koreans Face Massive Forced Liquidations As AI Bubble Bursts Korean retail investors’ aggressive leveraged bets on the market’s two dominant AI/Semi names - Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix - are now colliding with a sharp KOSPI correction, triggering the largest wave of forced stock sales in years and raising the specter of a self-reinforcing liquidation spiral. At its peak last week, the benchmark KOSPI index  was up 100% for 2026, rivaling the Nasdaq 100 I...

By Tyler Durden