{
  "id": 2226113,
  "title": "Foreigners extend sell-offs of Korean stocks to 7th month in July",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/foreigners-extend-sell-offs-of-korean-stocks-to-7th-month-in-july",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:00:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260820005300320"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Foreign investors continued their sell-offs of Korean stocks for the seventh consecutive month in July, according to data released by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). The offshore investors offloaded a net 31.66 trillion won (US$22.7 billion) worth of local stocks in July, down from the record-high selling of 49.34 trillion won in June. The UK-based investors led the selling spree, offloading a net 20.2 trillion won worth of shares, followed by those from Singapore with a net sell-off of 3.8 trillion won. Despite the selling, foreign investors still held 2,255.5 trillion won worth of local stocks, or 35.8 percent of the total market capitalization. In the local bond market, foreign investors bought a net 4.76 trillion won worth of local debt, making up 11.7 percent of listed bonds as of end-July.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}