STOCKS | South Korea’s $1.7 Trillion Rout Hits Day Traders, Tests Lee

South Korea’s $1.7 trillion stock-market rout has hit day traders and challenged Lee, as a reversal erased more than $1 trillion in value, Bloomberg reported. The government had turned the market, described as the world’s hottest, into a political trophy. The reversal is stirring a backlash among retail investors and testing public faith in the country’s leaders.