[Photo] Yeouido Stock Market Bustling Late into the Night

As the COVID-19 pandemic prolonged in 2020, it was the 'Donghak Ants' who supported the shaken stock market. This year, a craze among individual investors gave rise to the new term 'Donghak Ant Movement.' This expression likens the situation where domestic individual investors bought large amounts of Korean stocks against institutions and foreigners to the 1894 anti-foreign movement, the 'Donghak Peasant Revolution.' Since the KOSPI index surpassed 2000 in July 2007, it has been stuck in a range for 13 years and never approached the 3000 mark. On December 4, the KOSPI index exceeded 2700 for the first time ever, raising expectations that it will surpass 3000 next year. The photo shows the bustling Yeouido financial district late into the evening. / Reporter Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

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