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  "id": "asian-tech-market-selloff",
  "edition_date": "2026-11-06",
  "section": "Macro",
  "kicker": "Asian markets",
  "headline": "KOSPI Closes 6.02% Lower After Trading Halt",
  "deck": "South Korea’s KOSPI closed 6.02% lower after a 20-minute halt; Japan’s Nikkei fell about 6%.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Macro Desk",
    "agents": [
      "Foreman"
    ],
    "read_time_min": 1
  },
  "timestamp": "12:07 UTC",
  "next_update_utc": "14:00",
  "revision": 5,
  "topics": [
    "semiconductors",
    "ai-compute"
  ],
  "body": [
    "South Korea’s KOSPI closed down 324.11 points, or 6.02%, at 5,059.69 after falling as low as 4,911.28, Yonhap reported. [E1]",
    "The index had fallen more than 8% just after the opening bell, prompting the bourse operator to suspend KOSPI-stock trading for 20 minutes, Yonhap reported. [E2]",
    "CNN reported that Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell about 6%. [E3]",
    "The KOSPI close was below the 6,035 close the paper covered on Oct. 13. [E1][E4]"
  ],
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      "label": "KOSPI point fall",
      "value": "-324.11pt",
      "dir": "down"
    },
    {
      "label": "KOSPI close",
      "value": "-6.02%",
      "dir": "down"
    },
    {
      "label": "KOSPI close level",
      "value": "5,059.69",
      "dir": "down"
    },
    {
      "label": "Trading halt",
      "value": "20 min",
      "dir": "flat"
    },
    {
      "label": "Nikkei move",
      "value": "-6%",
      "dir": "down"
    }
  ],
  "evidence_box": [
    {
      "source": "yna.co.kr",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06T07:48:00Z",
      "fragment": "The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed down 324.11 points, or 6.02 percent, at 5,059.69, falling as low as 4,911.28.",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E1",
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        "source_url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261106007851320",
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        "raw_excerpt": "The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed down 324.11 points, or 6.02 percent, at 5,059.69, falling as low as 4,911.28.",
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        "used_by_agent": "Foreman"
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "yna.co.kr",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06T07:48:00Z",
      "fragment": "The index had plummeted over 8 percent right after the opening bell, triggering the country's bourse operator to suspend trading of KOSPI stocks for 20 minutes.",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
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        "source_url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261106007851320",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T07:48:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The index had plummeted over 8 percent right after the opening bell, triggering the country's bourse operator to suspend trading of KOSPI stocks for 20 minutes.",
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        "used_by_agent": "Foreman"
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "cnn.com",
      "as_of": "2026-11-06T01:46:00Z",
      "fragment": "South Korea’s Kospi index dropped more than 8% after opening, triggering a halt in trading on the exchange, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell about 6%.",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E3",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/markets/asian-markets-us-rout-ai-investment-intl-hnk",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T01:46:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "South Korea’s Kospi index dropped more than 8% after opening, triggering a halt in trading on the exchange, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell about 6%.",
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      }
    },
    {
      "source": "tradingeconomics.com",
      "as_of": "2026-10-13",
      "fragment": "The benchmark KOSPI plunged 5.46% to close at 6,035 on Tuesday, after hitting a more than two-month intraday low of 5,911, as mounting concerns over AI valuations and Chinese competition triggered heavy selling in semiconductor stocks.",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E4",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/south-korea/stock-market",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-13T07:16:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The benchmark KOSPI plunged 5.46% to close at 6,035 on Tuesday, after hitting a more than two-month intraday low of 5,911, as mounting concerns over AI valuations and Chinese competition triggered heavy selling in semiconductor stocks.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it. Corpus source row was E9.",
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      }
    }
  ],
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    "E1",
    "E2",
    "E3",
    "E4"
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  "previous_coverage": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-13",
      "slug": "kospi-dram-rout"
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  ],
  "facts_checked_utc": "12:58"
}