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Democrats seized control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives in Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, scoring sweeping victories in Republican strongholds like Texas and South Carolina for the first time in a generation, according to the Korea Times and KBS World. Analysts say the outcome makes a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un even less likely, while Korean markets face fresh uncertainty: the Korea Times reports stocks could see policy headwinds and AI spending pressures on chipmakers, though Yonhap notes the won only slightly weakened against the dollar. Korean media frame the result as a "blue wave" and a "scathing rebuke" to Trump, with the Hankyoreh highlighting the breakthrough into GOP territory.