Market Abuse

Market Abuse

Korea Deploying AI and Nvidia GPUs to Combat Crypto Manipulation

By Manesh Samtani | 17/02/2026

The FSS is upgrading its VISTA surveillance platform in response to a surge in suspicious transactions and illegal cross-border remittances.

Market Abuse

SFC Secures Record Settlement Over Takeover Code Breaches

By Editors | 17/02/2026

Units of Chow Tai Fook Group failed to make a mandatory general offer in 2016 and improperly lapsed a subsequent bid in 2022.

Structural Regulation

South Korea Overhauls Delisting Rules to Purge ‘Zombie’ Firms

By Mark Johnston | 16/02/2026

Regulators will tighten market cap, penny stock, and disclosure rules, and expect the changes to triple the number of delistings.

Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime

SFC Warns on 'Ramp and Dump' Scams Impersonating Stock Commentators

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 12/02/2026

The SFC has alerted the public to stock manipulation schemes using social media to lure investors into illiquid stocks before crashing the price.

Credit Risk

Korea FSS to Targets Consumer Protection, Virtual Assets in 2026 Work Plan

By Editors | 10/02/2026

The regulator will shift to pre-emptive supervision of financial product design, manage real estate risks, and establish new frameworks for virtual assets and AI.

Market Abuse

Hong Kong Jails Masterminds for 'Ramp-And-Dump' Securities Fraud

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 10/02/2026

The duo used 'WeChat teachers' to promote stocks, then used naked short selling to make HKD 3.3 million in illicit profits.

Market Abuse

Korea to Grant Investigative Powers to FSS, with Oversight by FSC

By Manesh Samtani | 06/02/2026

The FSS will gain the right to initiate investigations into market abuse, but under the supervision of the FSC to address concerns over potential overreach.

Structural Regulation

Korea to Speed Up Delisting of 'Zombie Firms' on KOSDAQ Market

By Editors | 05/02/2026

Regulators are tightening market rules to tackle unfair trading and purge non-viable companies from the KOSDAQ.

Market Abuse

Korea Hands Down First Prison Sentence Under New Virtual Asset Law

By Mark Johnston | 05/02/2026

A Seoul court has jailed a crypto executive for market manipulation in the first conviction under the Virtual Asset User Protection Act.