| Number |
Subject |
Publisher |
Date |
| 884 |
FSC Chairman Holds Meeting with SC Group CEO
Chairman Lee Eog-weon of the Financial Service Commission met with Standard Chartered Group CEO Bill Winters at his office in Seoul Government Complex on March 13.
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Financial Services Commission
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2026.03.19
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| 883 |
Economically Active Population Survey in February 2026
[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.406 million persons in February, which grew 287 thousand persons or 1.0 year-on-year.
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Statistics Korea
|
2026.03.19
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| 882 |
FSC Provides Statutory Interpretations to Support Shareholder Activities of Institutional Investors
The Financial Services Commission provided statutory interpretations on the large shareholding reporting rule (so-called “5 rule”) on March 6 to facilitate shareholder activities of institutional investors ahead of the end of March season of annual general meeting of shareholders in Korea.
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Financial Services Commission
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2026.03.12
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| 881 |
Consumer Price Index in February 2026
□ The Consumer Price Index was 118.40 (2020=100) in February 2026. The index increased 0.3 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.0 percent from the same month of the previous year.
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Statistics Korea
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2026.03.12
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| 880 |
FSC Launches Private-public Joint Consultative Body on Security Token and Holds Kick-off Meeting
The Financial Services Commission launched a private-public joint consultative body on security token and held a kick-off meeting on March 4. The amended legislation on security token (revisions to the Act on Electronic Registration of Stocks and Bonds and the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act), which was approved by the National Assembly in January this year, is scheduled to take effect from February 4, 2027, after making updates to subordinate statutes and setting up relevant infrastructures. In this regard, the joint consultative body on security token will play a crucial role in designing an overall framework of rules and infrastructures on security token.
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Financial Services Commission
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2026.03.05
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| 879 |
Monthly Industrial Statistics, January 2026
□ The Index of All Industry Production in January decreased by 1.3 percent from the previous month.
□ The Index of All Industry Production in January increased by 4.1 percent from the same period of the previous year.
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Statistics Korea
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2026.03.05
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| 878 |
FSC Abolishes Caps on Whistleblower Rewards for Market Manipulation and Accounting Fraud
Overview
The Financial Services Commission (FSC) will overhaul its whistleblower reward program to strengthen incentives for insiders to report unfair trading and accounting fraud.
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Financial Services Commission
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2026.02.26
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| 877 |
Household Loans, January 2026
In January 2026, the outstanding balance of household loans across all financial sectors increased KRW1.4 trillion (preliminary), turning back up from the decline of KRW1.2 trillion in the previous month.
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Financial Services Commission
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2026.02.13
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| 876 |
Economically Active Population Survey in January 2026
[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.197 million persons in January, which grew 236 thousand persons or 0.8 year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.6 in January, up 0.2p year-on-year.
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Statistics Korea
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2026.02.13
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| 875 |
AI-driven Stock Market Monitoring System Adopted to Boost Early Response Capacity against Unfair Tra
The Financial Services Commission announced that the Korea Exchange (KRX) will begin to operate an AI-driven market monitoring system from February 3 to bolster its early response capacity against market manipulation and other unfair trading activities.
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Financial Services Commission
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2026.02.05
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