Korea Set to Introduce Tougher Penalties for Illegal Short Selling By Editors, Regulation Asia Published on 7th April 2021 Illegal short sellers can face fines of up to 100% of the amount of the short selling order, imprisonment for a year or more, and additional penalties up to five times unfair profits. To continue reading... Sign in Password * Remember me Lost your password? Get access today Sign up for a free 2-week trial and get instant, unrestricted and unlimited access to Regulation Asia. FREE TRIAL Already taken your free trial? Get in touch with our team and enquire about a subscription today. Select subscribe below to view our subscription packages or you can email us at [email protected] to discuss your options. Subscribe Share via: More Related:data storage, FSC, FSCMA, Liquidity provision, Market Making, Monitoring, Naked Short Selling, National Assembly, Record-keeping, securities lending agreements, Short Selling Recommended for you FSS Korea Mulls New Crypto Rules to Counter ‘Kimchi Premium’ Taiwan Launches ‘MyData’ Platform With 15 Banks Korea Set to Expand Securities Lending to Retail Investors