Currency dealers stand in front of a screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index (KOSPI) as it breaks 9,000 points in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on June 18, 2026. South Korea's benchmark Kospi index topped 9,000 points for the first time on June 18, on the back of a tech-fuelled rally led by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)