* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers * Korean won strengthens against U.S. dollar * South Korea benchmark bond yield falls SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets: ** South Korean shares rose on Monday, helped by strong buying from foreign investors for an eighth straight session, although worries over China Evergrande Group's debt crisis kept a lid on gains. The Korean won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield fell. ** The benchmark KOSPI rose 16.49 points, or 0.53%, to 3,141.73 as of 01:45. ** Among heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics rose 0.52% and peer SK Hynix rose 1.44%, while LG Chem fell 0.26% and Naver was flat. ** Shares of Shinwon Corp , a South Korean apparel maker with a presence in the Kaesong industrial zone in North Korea, surged 15% as hopes for inter-Korean cooperation rose over the weekend. ** Foreigners are snapping up local shares and supporting the index, while investors are still monitoring default risks related to China's Evergrande, said Na Jeong-hwan, an analyst at Cape Investment & Securities. ** Shares of Bucket Studio , a major shareholder of "Squid Game" actor Lee Jung-jae's agency Artist Company, surged for a third day, rising as much as 20%. ** Foreigners were net buyers of 131.4 billion won ($111.39 million) worth of shares on the main board. ** The won was quoted at 1,175.3 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform , 0.10% higher than its previous close at 1,176.5. ** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,175.4 per dollar, up 0.4% from the previous day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,175.5. ** The KOSPI has risen 9.34% so far this year, but lost 4.1% in the previous 30 sessions. ** The trading volume during the session in the KOSPI index was 407.39 million shares. Of the total traded issues of 927, the number of advancing shares was 534. ** The most liquid 3-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 0.3 basis points to 1.577%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 0.8 basis points to 2.143%. ($1 = 1,179.6200 won) (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Additional reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)
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