South Korea\'s finance sector is on edge amid speculation the government is close to announcing a second plan to relocate public institutions outside Seoul. Korea Development Bank, IBK Industrial Bank of Korea and Export-Import Bank of Korea are being mentioned, along with the Financial Services Commission and Financial Supervisory Service. The government has not officially confirmed targets or regions. Labour groups are escalating opposition, with unions planning a general strike and rallies to block any relocation.

Concerns are rising about service stability after KakaoBank\'s labour union began a work-to-rule campaign refusing night, overtime and holiday work, and declining emergency outage response after working hours. The union said members began the action from midnight on Tuesday. It said they will work within limits that keep weekly hours within 40 on average and will not respond to instructions after hours. KakaoBank said it is operating response systems to avoid customer inconvenience and will continue talks.