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Stock-Loving Korean President Under Fire Over Wild Market Swings

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As South Korea’s world-beating stock market surged in January, authorities saw a chance to attract more capital and bolster the won by offering high-risk products for notoriously adrenaline-loving retail investors. Now that gamble is backfiring on President Lee Jae Myung.