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(240805) -- SEOUL, Aug. 5, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members work in front of the stock index information screen of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 5, 2024. South Korean stocks closed 8.8 percent lower on Monday as investors panicked on rising fears of the U.S. economic recession. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dived 234.64 points, or 8.77 percent, to close at 2,441.55 and the small-cap KOSDAQ index tumbled 88.05 points, or 11.30 percent, to finish at 691.28. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)