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How to Think About Korea’s T+2 Stock Settlement Cycle
Korea stock settlement runs on a T+2 cycle, with KRX as central counterparty. What clearing, pre-funding, and custody actually mean for a foreign investor.
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How to Read Korea’s Trading Halts and Circuit Breakers
Korea trading halts take four forms: the ±30% daily price limit, the Volatility Interruption, the sidecar, and the market-wide circuit breaker. What each does.
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How to Read Korea’s Trading Day, From Open to Settlement
Korea trading day: KRX runs 09:00 to 15:30 with call auctions at both ends, four automatic halts can stop an order, and settlement lands T+2 at the KSD.
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A Year Inside Korea’s Short-Selling Surveillance System
Korea’s short-selling surveillance system flagged 76 suspected violations in its first year across $208.7 billion in covered volume – here’s what compliance requires.
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How to Read the National Pension Service’s Market Power
National Pension Service rules, not opinions, move Korean stocks: a KRW 543.6tn book rebalanced against a tolerance band whose exact width NPS won’t publish.
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How to Read Chaebol Governance as a Foreign Investor
Chaebol governance in Korea, by the FTC’s own numbers: controlling families hold just 3.5%-3.7% direct stakes, and under half fully use a holding company.
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How to Read Korea’s Buyback Tax Proposal
Korea buyback tax: a draft bill would treat off-market buyback proceeds as deemed dividends from January 1, 2027. What it does to non-resident holders.
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How to Read Korea’s Semiconductor Concentration
Korea semiconductor concentration reached 48.95% of KOSPI market cap on August 7, 2026. What HBM did to Samsung and SK hynix earnings, and how to check it.
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Why MSCI Still Calls Korea an Emerging Market
Korea missed MSCI developed market status again in 2026. See the FX, short-selling and market-access reasons, MSCI’s precondition, and the path toward 2029.
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How to Read a Korean Value-Up Disclosure
A Korean Value-Up disclosure commits a company to nothing. What the six sections contain, what the abridged form hides, and why November 2, 2026 matters.