The Financial Services Commission (FSC) aims to introduce a mandatory reporting system for high volume short positions.

This book is a collection of my articles I have written on Korean competition law and policy through my thirty-year career serving in the Korean government.

On 4 April 2025, Korea's Constitutional Court voted unanimously to uphold the National Assembly's impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol for offences related to his declaration of martial law in December 2024.

The term "Korea discount" made headlines of major newspapers for quite a while since 2022. Korea discount is a term used to describe a phenomenon in the stock market where equities traded on Korean stock exchanges are undervalued compared to global peers.

The Canadian government recently released its Indo-Pacific Strategy (the "Strategy"). Today, we begin a series of four bulletins about specific countries, or groups of countries...

On January 25, 2023, the Financial Services Commission of Korea ("FSC") announced certain proposed measures to promote foreign investment in the Korean capital markets.

In just a few years, the world has been struck by various forms of chaos. The COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, forcing many countries to take unprecedented measures, such as establishing quarantine and immigration restrictions.

Similar to the WTO Customs Valuation Agreement, the Korean Customs Act provides that if the seller and buyer are related parties, the transaction value is examined...

한국은 1998년 6월부터 국내 부동산 시장을 외국인에게 개방하여, 현재 일부 허가대상 토지를 제외하고는 신고만으로 부동산을 취득할 수 있습니다.

외국 기업이 한국 내 자회사를 설립하거나, 혹은 국내 법인이 외국 투자자로부터 투자를 유치하는 경우에 외국환거래가 일어납니다.

Korea Customs Service ("KCS") has been well recognised for its proactiveness, both internationally and domestically, especially when it comes to customs audits.

South Korean lawmakers have proposed a bill imposing mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence obligations on employers.

This article examines the judicial interpretation of the scope of self-defense in Korea, drawing on relevant precedents, and explores key considerations that could guide future determinations regarding the boundaries of lawful self-defense.

Korea has seen a dramatic increase in international commercial disputes in recent years. Among these, post-M&A deal disputes have become increasingly common and acrimonious. As the authors detail below, a historically unique set of circumstances set the stage for this swift rise in international disputes in Korea.

In South Korea, a significant disparity exists between large companies and SMEs, with unfair subcontracting transaction practices prevalent in the market.

In principle, the consideration for a tender offer under the Securities and Exchange Act ("SEA") is cash. However, it is not clear whether a tender offer in exchange for other securities, i.e. an "exchange offer", is also permitted under the SEA. If a tender offer in exchange for new shares of the purchaser is permitted as a form of exchange offer, then such structure would be very favorable to the purchaser in that he is relieved of the burden of procuring cash, while the tender offeror also ha

On December 30 2006 the National Assembly approved a package of tax law amendments for 2007. The majority of the amendments came into force on January 1 2007.

President Yoon Suk Yeol was elected in 2022, on a platform of economic development through deregulation and pro-business policies.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the "Rome Statute") is a multilateral treaty that establishes the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (the "ICC") over international crimes.

본 기고문에서는 한국에서의 정당방위 성립 범위 및 그 판단에 있어 특히 고려되어야 할 사항에 대해 살펴본다.