South Korea’s shareholder-return boom is spreading across dividend ETFs, Samsung affiliates, leveraged products and foreign exchange, but investor responses are diverging. Net assets in 71 high-dividend-related ETFs rose 584.4 billion won ($422.3 million) in a month to 23.63 trillion won ($17.1 billion), while Samsung Electronics was the top net-sold stock among investors with at least 3 billion won in financial assets, with net sales of 91.34 billion won through the 24th after 75.75 billion won in sales the previous month. Samsung approved a shareholder-return program of about 90 trillion to 110 trillion won, including roughly 30 trillion won in third-quarter cash dividends, while SK Hynix announced a 40 trillion-won buyback and cancellation. The combined confirmed amount exceeds 150 trillion won, supporting affiliates and potentially the won, although investors have favored cancellations over cash dividends and analysts say only 40% to 50% of funding may require foreign-exchange conversion.