South Korea's KOSPI is down 8%; SK Hynix is down 13% and Samsung Electronics is down 9%.

The Bank of Korea said in a report released Monday that the global semiconductor market remains undersupplied and it expects the AI-driven current "supercycle" to continue for some time, rejecting investor concerns that the chip cycle has peaked. The report noted: "Despite a sharp surge in demand driven by AI infrastructure investment, the pace of supply expansion has been relatively slow." It added there are no signs the semiconductor cycle is slowing.

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