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Korean stocks opened sharply lower Tuesday on AI infrastructure spending worries ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, then opened sharply higher Wednesday on tech gains as results came in, Yonhap and the Korea Times report. After Democrats regained both chambers of Congress, analysts said Korean stocks face fresh policy uncertainty, and a Democratic win could compound pressures on AI spending and Korean chipmakers, the Korea Times reports. U.S. stocks rallied after the results, with the Dow soaring more than 1,000 points, as Wall Street sorted winners from losers. Korean reaction centers on how the Democratic sweep may slow AI investment and hit chipmakers, with market analysts cited by the Korea Times flagging obstacles ahead.