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South Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a circuit breaker for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index on an extended sell-off in tech shares. Trading of KOSPI-listed shares was halted for 20 minutes from 9:03, as the index plunged more than 8 percent from the previous session's close. The benchmark index came under heavy selling pressure following a tech rout on Wall Street, triggered by concerns that Democrats' sweeping victory in the US midterms could slow down the pace of th

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