Breaking: South Korea's stock market halted program trading sell orders for 5 minutes after the KOSPI plunged 5.5%.
This is the third sidecar mechanism triggered this week.
More than 264.3 trillion won ($176 billion) has been wiped off the South Korean stock market. Is it heading into a bear market???
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