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Korean stock markets take largest loss in 7 years on Wall Street plungeMarketsOct 11, 2018South Korea’s stock markets were routed Thursday following a plunge in stocks at Wall Street amid surfacing doubts about current tech stock valuations in the United States and fears on lingering US-C... -
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[Newsmaker] KRX feels heat from calls to cut trading hoursMarketsOct 9, 2018Ever since the decision two years ago to delay the closing time of the nation’s securities market by 30 minutes, market authorities and labor activists have been in a heated debate, with unions sayin... -
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