Yoon Suk-heun, whose three-year term ends in two months, allegedly promoted certain officials who had been punished for hiring irregularities.
March 10, 2021The Supreme Court ruled that 27 of Woori's employees were involved in unfair hiring practices, 19 of which still work for the bank.
October 21, 2020Samsung Securities allegedly intervened to secure support from shareholders of a Samsung entity for a 2015 merger while also acting as adviser to the other party in the transaction.
October 19, 2020The FSS plans to release guidelines on the disclosure of environmental information and develop a tool to stress test financial resilience to climate risk.
September 24, 2020The FSC has meanwhile released new administrative guidance on private funds, aimed at strengthening supervision of the sector.
July 31, 2020FSS governor Yoon Suk-heun said financial firms should brace for a "prolonged fallout of Covid-19" and focus on boosting internal reserves and loss absorbency capacity.
May 27, 2020FSS governor Yoon Suk-heun also pledged to establish a sustainable monitoring system, in light of events at Lime Asset Management and last year's derivative product mis-selling at banks.
April 29, 2020The FSC and FSS are considering restricting short-selling of listed companies based on market cap in a bid to level the playing field for retail investors.
March 3, 2020The FSS will reorganise its consumer protection department to boost supervision of high-risk financial products, and establish suptech and regtech teams.
January 24, 2020At a meeting with bank and asset manager heads, the FSS promised to lower regulatory and operational barriers for foreign firms looking to enter Korea’s financial markets.
December 3, 2019