Korea’s $1.7 Trillion Rout Burns Day Traders, Challenges Lee

South Korea’s government turned the world’s hottest stock market into a political trophy. Now, a reversal that’s wiped out more than a trillion dollars in value is stirring a retail investor backlash and testing public faith in its leaders.

South Korea’s government turned the world’s hottest stock market into a political trophy. Now, a reversal that’s wiped out more than a trillion dollars in value is stirring a retail investor backlash and testing public faith in its leaders.