Thursday October 23 2025

News Source: Global Exchanges

Focus: Stock Exchange Regulation

Type: General

Country: Korean Republic

Link: https://tinyurl.com/2btf35nr




On 22nd October 2025, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced that the government has approved regulatory changes regarding the Enforcement Decree of the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act (FSCMA) and subordinate regulations with aims to strengthen early response and bring more stern measures against unfair trading activities in capital markets.

Key Revision Details

  1. Establish a regulatory ground to upgrade KRX’s surveillance system to make it more individually – focused
  2. Strengthen the criteria for imposing penalty surcharges and introduce aggravated sanctions criteria
  • Penalty surcharge for unfair trading activities
  • Penalty surcharge for disclosure violations
  • Aggravated sanctions for employees of financial companies

With these revised rules in place, it is expected that unfair trading activities can be more quickly identified and detected, and authorities will be able to bring more stern measures against unfair trading activities and unfaithful disclosures, thereby promoting fairness and ensuring investor protection in the market.

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