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Finance

KRX names Kiwoom Securities, Korea Aerospace as value-up top performers

Korea Exchange honoured 10 listed companies for achievements in boosting corporate value and discussed the value-up programme’s next tasks. It held an awards ceremony and seminar at its PR hall on May 27 to encourage companies that worked to enhance corporate value over the past year and to discuss ways to spread that culture. About 200 people attended the seminar, including pension funds, asset managers and listed firms.

Finance

South Korea to expand omnibus accounts for foreigners to ETFs and ETNs

South Korea\'s Financial Services Commission will expand products eligible for foreign omnibus accounts from stocks to include exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes, Chairman Lee Bok-hyun (이억원) said. The move aims to improve overseas retail investors\' access to the Korean market and encourage foreign inflows. The FSC also plans to ease network separation rules for security purposes from June and will hold a \"Korea Premium Week\" event in September.

Crypto

South Korea bitcoin demand jumps; realised profits largest in five months

Bitcoin demand on South Korean exchanges has strengthened again, pushing the so-called kimchi premium close to 2 percent, according to figures cited in the report. CryptoQuant’s Korea Premium Index rose to 1.98 percent on May 7, its highest since late February. On-chain data also showed a pickup in profit-taking, including 14,600 BTC sold at a realised profit on May 4, the largest daily figure since Dec. 10, 2025.