Korean stocks plummet 5%, triggering circuit breaker; SK Hynix drops 6%

Odaily News The Korea Exchange has activated the KOSPI Sidecar mechanism after a 5% drop in KOSPI 200 futures, suspending program trading for 5 minutes.

South Korea's KOSPI index fell 5% intraday, now at 8,477.78 points. SK Hynix fell over 6%, Samsung Electronics fell 5.7%. (Jin10)