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How to Buy Samsung Stock as a Foreigner: 3 Routes Compared

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How to buy Samsung stock as a foreigner comes down to 3 routes: a Korean account, London GDRs or a Korea ETF. Samsung Electronics is listed only in Seoul, on the KOSPI (Korea’s main stock index and board), so anything you buy from abroad is either the Seoul share itself, a certificate backed by those shares, or a fund that holds them. Pick your route by how much control you want, then plan for the part most guides sk…