* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers

* Korean won strengthens against dollar

* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls

SEOUL, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares rose on Tuesday, tracking overnight Wall street gains amid optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve would steer the economy to a soft landing. The won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.

** The benchmark KOSPI rose 21.88 points, or 0.88%, to 2,513.08 by 02:09 GMT.

** Wall Street's three major stock averages closed higher on Monday with Nasdaq's 1% rally leading the charge as heavyweight Microsoft hit a record high after it hired prominent artificial intelligence executives.

** In Seoul, among index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose 0.55% and peer SK Hynix gained 0.68%, while battery maker LG Energy Solution climbed 1.01%.

** Hyundai Motor added 0.38% and sister automaker Kia Corp lost 0.47%, while search engine Naver and instant messenger Kakao were up 1.48% and up 3.24%, respectively.

** Of the total 935 traded issues, 610 shares advanced, while 253 declined.

** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 102.9 billion won on the main board.

** The won was quoted at 1,286.5 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.40% higher than its previous close at 1,291.6.

** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,288.6 per dollar, down 0.1% on the day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,285.9.

** The KOSPI has risen 12.37% so far this year, but gained 3.4% in the previous 30 trading sessions.

** The won has lost 1.7% against the dollar so far this year. ** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds rose 0.07 point to 103.81.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 3.3 basis points to 3.637%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 3.6 basis points to 3.723%. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Rashmi Aich)