Listed firms' rights offerings fall 25% in first half Korean listed companies raised 6.2 trillion won through rights issues in January to June, as offerings on the main bourse plunged while the secondary market saw gains. 2026.7.29
Listed firms' dividend payouts rise some 17% in 2025: Data Dividend payouts by listed firms in Korea rose about 17 percent from a year earlier in 2025 amid a rally in the local stock market, data showed Thursday. 2026.5.28
Short-term bond sales up 50 percent in Q1: KSD Sales of short-term corporate bonds in Korea rose 50 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, amid growing preference for such a financing method, data showed Tuesday. 2026.4.14
Gangnam men in their 50s are Korea's largest investors, says KSD data Gangnam style? More like Gangnam investor style. Men in their 50s living in southern Seoul's trendy Gangnam District held the largest stock assets in the country, according to recent data. 2026.3.18
Korean investors holdings of foreign securities hit new high Korean investors' holdings of foreign securities reached a new all-time high in the first quarter of the year on an overseas investment boom, data showed Thursday. 2022.4.21
Buying of fractions of shares to be allowed in 2022 Investors will be allowed to buy fractions of a company's stock starting from the third quarter of next year, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) said Sunday. Under current rules, investors cannot purchase less than a single share of an ... 2021.9.12
Big tax shock for investors in foreign stocks With capital gains tax reporting season nearing, in May, there are expected to be many more punters facing tax shocks as Koreans trading foreign stocks increased rapidly last year as liquidity flooded the market and stocks soared. 2021.4.19
Tesla is the No. 1 foreign stock for Korean investors Tesla is the most owned foreign stock in Korea. 2021.1.25
Of parachute appointments The appointment of Kim Nam-soo as the first head of KS Dream — a subsidiary of Korea Securities Depository (KSD) — in 2018 raised eyebrows and controversy. He had headed the union at Yakult Korea and served as a secretary to... 2020.11.2
Stock clearing fees cut to zero through the end of 2020 Clearing fees charged by the exchange and the depository have been eliminated through the end of the year, taking the cost of trades to zero for some investors. 2020.9.14
![A financial data screen in the dealing room of Woori Bank in Seoul on May 27, shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index having risen 4.31 percent from the previous session to an intraday high of 8,394.19 in early trading. South Korean stocks opened at a new record high, driven by strong gains in semiconductor stocks amid renewed tensions in the Middle East in search of a peace deal. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12574915.jpg?imageId=12574915&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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![A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi's closing level on March 18. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12532601.jpg?imageId=12532601&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A dealing room at Hana Bank in Seoul on Friday shows the Kospi closing the week 11.06 points or 0.36 percent higher at 3,125.76. The FSC said to encourage more people to participate in the stock market, it is changing the regulation to allow investors to purchase local stocks in fractions. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11769334.jpg?imageId=11769334&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Customers test Model Y, Tesla's second electric SUV, at Lotte Department Store in Seoul on Jan. 13. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10893863.jpg?imageId=10893863&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A person walks past a screen with the Kospi close at the Korea Exchange building in Yeouido, western Seoul. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11420926.jpg?imageId=11420926&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)