On June 1, 2026, South Korea's Chosun Ilbo reported, "Samsung Electronics, South Korea's representative semiconductor stock, has for the first time surpassed the 2,000 trillion won (approximately 210 trillion yen) market capitalization mark." In the South Korean stock market on the 1st, Samsung Electronics began trading at 318,000 won, up 0.31% from the previous business day, and rose to a high of 349,000 won as of 10:55 AM. By 11:50 AM, it had fallen slightly to trade at 344,500 won, but based on this, its market capitalization reached 2,014 trillion won. Samsung Electronics shares had already broken through 2,000 trillion won based on total market capitalization, including preferred shares, on May 29, the previous day. Samsung Electronics is the first single stock in the South Korean stock market whose market capitalization has exceeded 2,000 trillion won. The industry is reportedly expecting further increases. On this day, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) also renewed its all-time high, driven by the surge in IT and semiconductor-related stocks, including Samsung Electronics. As of 11:57 AM, it recorded 8845.43, up 4.36% from the previous business day. In response to this article, many negative comments were posted by South Korean internet users, such as: "The real KOSPI, excluding semiconductor industries like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, is only 4100-4200," "They should report the index without semiconductors," "It'll probably keep going down from tomorrow," "This cannot be called a healthy stock market. There's too much concentration on semiconductor stocks. Won't a big problem occur soon?", and "This is not the effect of the economic policies of the Lee Jae-myung administration, but merely a distortion due to a temporary inflow of overseas capital." (Translation/Editing: Mae)