Before the Korean stock market closed, the restroom was packed.

Recently, the South Korean stock market has continued to rise and repeatedly hit new historical highs. According to South Korean media reports, with the current wave of stock market investment spreading to people of all ages and genders, "super sensitive" individual investors who are extremely sensitive to any phenomenon that could affect stock prices are increasing. On the 14th local time, the Chinese version of the South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo" reported that the employee restroom of a department store in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, is always full by 3:30 pm. The reason is that employees are rushing to check stock trading applications before the market closes. Since 2026, the South Korean composite index has accumulated an increase of 89.39%. The Chinese version of the South Korean newspaper "Chosun Ilbo" cited data from the Korea Securities Depository on the 13th, stating that in 2025, there were 14.56 million people in South Korea holding shares of listed companies, equivalent to more than one in every four South Koreans participating in stock market investments.