South Korea\'s financial authorities and the Korea Exchange will hold Korea Premium Week 2026 from Sept. 28 to Oct. 16, a three-week combined investor relations and conference event. Forty-two institutions and 55 listed companies will take part. The programme includes discussions on capital and foreign exchange market reforms, corporate governance and market infrastructure, as well as meetings between global institutional investors and major Korean companies. Events for individual investors and seminars on growth markets are also planned.

The number of companies listed on South Korea’s Kosdaq through the technology special listing scheme has topped 300, 21 years after its introduction, the Korea Exchange said. It said cumulative IPO proceeds raised by the 300 companies total about 8 trillion won, with biotech accounting for 4.5 trillion won. The exchange said advanced industries now dominate new listings and market value, while investor protection remains a task.