True, the Korea Composite Index has risen 2% this year in dollar terms but it's 47% lower than it was 12 months ago.
South Korea's Kospi Composite Index was off 0.1% while Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.2%.
Samsung Electronics' stock has not enriched executives much: It has fallen by 45% in dollar terms (35% in won) in the past 12 months, declining in step with the Korean Composite Index (see The Korea discount).
Elsewhere, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 2.5% to 22, 669.68, while South Korea's Kospi Composite fell 1.2% to 1, 969.19 and the Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.2% to 2, 275.67.
South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 1% and Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.8%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 0.8%, China's Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.9%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 0.4% and Singapore's Straits Times Index lost 0.3%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite was down 0.2% and Singapore's Straits Times Index lost 0.2%.
Elsewhere in the region, South Korea's Kospi Composite was off 0.4% and Singapore's Straits Times Index rose 0.2%.
South Korea's Kospi Composite retreated 1% to 1959.41 and Singapore's Straits Times Index was last down 0.3%.
The Nikkei Stock Average declined 0.8% to 9588.38, Korea's Kospi traded down 0.2% to 1999.86 and the Shanghai Composite Index edged lower by 0.1% to 2378.63.
South Korea's Kospi Composite fell 0.5% to 1993.34 and Singapore's Strait Times index was last up 0.4%.
Although South Korea's Kospi Composite briefly managed to move into positive territory just before Bank of Korea's policy announcement, the index quickly slipped back, ending 0.8% lower at 1933.09.
South Korea's Kospi Composite ended up 0.5% at 1993.44 and Singapore's Strait Times index was last up 0.6%.
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