Policy Issues

Number Subject Publisher Date
875 AI-driven Stock Market Monitoring System Adopted to Boost Early Response Capacity against Unfair Tra NEW 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. Financial Services Commission 2026.02.05
874 Consumer Price Index in January 2026 NEW ¡à The Consumer Price Index was 118.03 (2020=100) in January 2026. The index increased 0.4 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.0 percent from the same month of the previous year. Statistics Korea 2026.02.05
873 Revised Rules to Expand English Disclosure Requirement and Enhance Transparency in Corporate Disclos   The Financial Services Commission approved revised rules on corporate disclosures at the regular meeting held on January 28. The rule changes are aimed at expanding the scope of listed companies being subject to the mandatory English disclosure requirement and making corporate disclosure practices more transparent regarding annual general meetings of shareholders (AGMs) and executive compensations. Financial Services Commission 2026.01.29
872 Rule Change Proposed on Loan-to-deposit Ratio for Banks to Promote Supply of Funds to Regional Econo   The Financial Services Commission issued a preliminary notice of rule change regarding the supervisory regulation on banking business on January 21. The proposed rule change will ease the standard for calculating loan-to-deposit ratios for banks to encourage them to supply more loans to companies and individual business owners operating outside the Seoul metropolitan area. The proposed rule change will be put up for public comment from January 22 until February 11, 2026 and go through an approval process before taking effect in the first quarter of this year. Financial Services Commission 2026.01.22
871 Responsibilities Mapping to be Piloted for Large-sized Specialized Credit Finance Businesses and Sav   The Financial Services Commission announced on January 14 that the responsibilities mapping system will be piloted for large-sized specialized credit finance businesses with total assets of KRW5 trillion or more and savings banks with total assets of KRW700 billion or more. Financial Services Commission 2026.01.15
870 Economically Active Population Survey in December 2025   [Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.426 million persons in December, which grew 270 thousand persons or 0.9 year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.1 in December, up 0.2p year-on-year. Statistics Korea 2026.01.15
869 Online Shopping in November 2025   ¡Û The online shopping transaction value marked 24.1613 trillion won in November 2025, rising 6.8 from November 2024. Statistics Korea 2026.01.08
868 KoFIU Kicks Off Taskforce Meeting to Seek Regulatory Improvements in Anti-money Laundering Framework   The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) held the kickoff meeting of the taskforce for revamping rules regarding the Act on Reporting and Using Specified Financial Transaction Information (¡°the Act¡± hereinafter) on December 29. Financial Services Commission 2026.01.02
867 Consumer Price Index in December 2025   ¡à The Consumer Price Index was 117.57 (2020=100) in December 2025. The index increased 0.3 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.3 percent from the same month of the previous year. Statistics Korea 2026.01.02
866 Revised Rules on Payment Gateway Services to Strengthen Protection of Unsettled Funds for Users   The Financial Services Commission promulgated a revision to the Act on Electronic Financial Transactions (¡°the Act¡± hereinafter) on December 16. The revised law requires payment gateway (PG) services to separately manage the total amount (100 percent) of unsettled funds externally and establishes provisions for more effective management and supervision over PG services. Financial Services Commission 2025.12.18