KCCI

Policy Issues

Number	Subject	Publisher	Date
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.	Financial Services Commission	2026.02.26
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.	Financial Services Commission	2026.02.13
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.	Statistics Korea	2026.02.13
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.	Financial Services Commission	2026.02.05
874	Consumer Price Index in January 2026 □ 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 ○ The online shopping transaction value marked 24.1613 trillion won in November 2025, rising 6.8 from November 2024.	Statistics Korea	2026.01.08

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