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How Korean stocks work for an investor based outside Korea.
Japan is home to some of the chip industry's biggest equipment makers and to Kioxia, the NAND flash maker. From abroad there are three ways to own them: Tokyo-listed shares, over-the-counter receipts in the US, and funds. This guide sets out the rules, hours, receipts and taxes from official sources; it does not say which suits anyone.
There are three ways to own Taiwanese stocks from abroad: register as a foreign investor and hold shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, hold a US-listed receipt such as TSMC's TSM, or hold a fund. Each comes with its own rules, hours, currency and taxes. This guide sets them out from official sources; it does not say which suits anyone.
A Korean broker, a global broker linked to the Korea Exchange, depositary receipts in New York or London, or an ETF: the routes differ in what you own, the currency, the trading hours and the costs.
Samsung has no US listing. Investors abroad can hold its shares in Seoul, its depositary receipts in London, or a fund that owns it. How the three differ.
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