The Bubble Within: South Korea's Margin Loan Frenzy South Korea's stock market volatility has exposed a more insidious threat beneath the surface: the country's addiction to margin loans.
Young investors like Lee Seung ho, who lost his 300 million won fortune in four weeks, are often driven by desperation rather than financial acumen. Margin loan balances have reached an all time high of 38.
63 trillion won, according to the Korea Financial Investment Association.