The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell six-point-61 points, or zero-point-19 percent, on Tuesday to close at three-thousand-424-point-60.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid four-point-72 points, or zero-point-56 percent, to close at 841-point-99.

The South Korean won weakened by four-point-two won against the U.S dollar to trade at one-thousand-402-point-nine won as of 3:30 p.m.