South Korea's KOSPI index experienced a sharp -8% crash, triggering a 20-minute trading halt and marking its 17th sell-side sidecar activation of the year. Despite being down -21% from its all-time high, the KOSPI Composite Index showed a technical bounce following the halt, recovering from lows near 7,400 to approximately 7,676. The author expresses a bullish sentiment, suggesting that American market activity will drive the index back to "green" by the morning.