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South Korea's presidential office said on Nov. 5 that the US midterm election results will not affect the Korea-US alliance, noting it has developed stably with bipartisan US support for over 70 years, Yonhap reports. Seoul vowed to continue close consultation with Washington on key bilateral issues. However, Korean stocks plunged over 5 percent Thursday on concerns about future US AI policies after Democrats secured both chambers, with the KOSPI opening 1.82 percent lower and the won testing the 1,340 level, according to Yonhap, Korea Times, and Business Korea.