* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers

* Korean won weakens against dollar

* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls

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SEOUL, June 26 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares ended higher on Monday, with a round of bargain-buying supporting risk appetite after a bearish picture of global monetary campaign pushed markets to a three-week low in the previous session.

** The Korean won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.

** The benchmark KOSPI closed up 12.10 points, or 0.47%, at 2,582.20.

** The index dropped 2.12% last week, marking its worst weekly performance for this year and touching the lowest since June 1.

** "The local market rose on dip-buying, but it may not continue for so long," said Seo Sang-young, an analyst at Mirae Asset Securities.

** Investors are awaiting economic indicators of consumer sentiment and inflation in the United States as well as manufacturing activity in China this week, Seo added.

** Chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose 1.12%, while peer SK Hynix lost 0.09%. Battery maker LG Energy Solution advanced 0.18%.

** Among other index heavyweights, Hyundai Motor climbed 0.30% and its sister automaker Kia Corp jumped 2.52%. Search engine operator Naver ended flat, while instant messenger Kakao rose 0.60%.

** SK Innovation plunged 6.08% to its lowest in nearly three months, after the battery maker announced a plan to raise 1.18 trillion won ($904.26 million) for research and development.

** Most education-linked companies fell as the government announced measures to curb spending in the private sector, while some stocks of public-sector education jumped.

** Of the total 936 issues traded, 497 shares rose.

** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 12.2 billion won ($9.35 million).

** The won ended onshore trade at 1,306.3 per dollar, 0.16% lower than its previous close.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell 4 basis points to 3.566%, while the benchmark 10-year yield dropped 4.6 basis points to 3.614%.

($1 = 1,304.9400 won)

(Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)