* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers

* Korean won weakens against dollar

* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls

SEOUL, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares rose on Monday as focus shifted to key U.S. economic data due this week that might offer insights about the strength of economic growth of the world's biggest economy. The won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.

** The benchmark KOSPI was up 24.42 points, or 0.94%, at 2,612.85, as of 0208 GMT.

** Key for the Federal Reserve will be U.S. consumer prices on Wednesday where economists look for rises of 0.2% in both the headline and core, with the annual core slowing a tick to 3.2%.

** Among South Korean index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose 1.07% and peer SK Hynix gained 4.14%, while battery maker LG Energy Solution climbed 1.09%.

** South Korea's exports for the first 10 days of August jumped 16.7% from the same period the year earlier.

** Shares of Hyundai Motor edged 0.2% higher and sister automaker Kia Corp lost 0.39%, while search engine Naver and instant messenger Kakao were down 2.02% and up 0.41%, respectively.

** Of the total 936 traded issues, 588 shares advanced, while 282 declined.

** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 78.3 billion won on the main board on Monday.

** The won was quoted at 1,366.3 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.14% lower than its previous close at 1,364.4.

** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,366.0 per dollar, down 0.1% on the day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,362.9.

** The KOSPI has fallen 1.60% so far this year, and lost 7.5% in the previous 30 trading sessions.

** The won has lost 5.7% against the dollar so far this year.

** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds fell 0.01 point to 105.90.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose 0.5 basis points to 2.948%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell 1.4 basis points to 3.002%.

(Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)