KOREA KKSPI IS 40% BELOW ITS JUNE HIGH

ON 29 JULY, KOREA ' S KOSPI INDEX FELL BY 7 PER CENT A DAY, FALLING BELOW POINT 5600, SK HERCULES BY 10 PER CENT AND TRISTAR BY 6 PER CENT. THE INDEX HAS FALLEN BY 40 PER CENT FROM ITS HISTORICAL HIGH OF 19 JUNE. KIM XIAN