so they are kakao. their arrival. lg. these are the biggest targets. turnover have been rising to the highest and south korea listings. at the same time, they have been the top buying stocks by retail investors since -- this month. which has inflicted a lot of pain on them because they have been seeing a lot of losses this month. lawmakers in south korea have been forcing crackdowns on these big tech companies for their monopolistic strategies. haidi: is that the only reason or are they company specific reasons, why they are being targeted, as well? >> the short-sellers are betting that these stocks will go further down. obviously going further. the reason behind them is probably the growing crackdown campaigns from lawmakers, from authority, including financial regulators and antitrust regulators. they probably are also betting that the stock will fall further. once a parliamentary hearing start next month. that's in just about two weeks and when lawmakers are likely targeting them and other big tech rivals for their glowing -- growing interests, some