Electronic Compliance Object · South Korea
What an agent must know before it acts on a security listed in South Korea: who regulates, where the filings are stored, what is due when, and which state the issuer is in.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Regulator | Financial Services Commission (FSC) - policy/rule-making; Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) - operates DART (page footer 'Financial Supervisory Service') www.fsc.go.kr/eng | www.fsc.go.kr/eng www.fsc.go.kr/eng/pr010101/85653 englishdart.fss.or.kr/about/engAbout3.do |
| Exchange(s) and listings page | Korea Exchange (KRX) - KOSPI Market, KOSDAQ Market, KONEX Market — englishdart.fss.or.kr | englishdart.fss.or.kr global.krx.co.kr/main/main.jsp |
| Regulated-information store | DART (Data Analysis, Retrieval and Transfer System; FSS) for FISCMA filings; KRX KIND (Korea Investor's Network for Disclosure) for exchange disclosure englishdart.fss.or.kr | englishdart.fss.or.kr/about/engAbout1.do global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/06/0602/0602020101/GLB0602020101T1.jsp |
| Periodic disclosure obligations and deadlines | Annual Report — deadline: submitted and disclosed within 90 days after the end of that business year Semi-annual Report — deadline: submitted and disclosed within 45 days after the end of the semi-annual period Quarterly Report (first three months and nine months) — deadline: submitted and disclosed within 45 days after the end of each quarterly term | global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/06/0602/0602020102/GLB0602020102T1.jsp |
| Ad hoc / inside-information regime | KRX timely disclosure of important business matters under the Disclosure Regulations of the KRX-KOSDAQ Market; "the disclosure regulations of the KRX specifies the matters to be disclosed on the same day and on the next day"; material-information trading suspension of 30 minutes from disclosure | global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/06/0602/0602020101/GLB0602020101T1.jsp global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/06/0602/0602020101/GLB0602020101T2.jsp global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/01/0109/0109000000/guide_to_trading_in_the_korean_stock_market.pdf |
| Filing format | Electronic filing mandatory (Chapter 6 of the Regulation on Securities Issuance and Disclosure, via DART); XBRL financial statements (K-IFRS taxonomy) available on DART | englishdart.fss.or.kr/about/engAbout3.do englishdart.fss.or.kr/about/engAbout1.do |
| ISIN prefix | KR - Korea Exchange (KRX) "As the National Numbering Agency (NNA) in the Republic of Korea" | anna-web.org/meet-our-members-korea-exchange |
| LEI | Korea Securities Depository (KSD) is listed by GLEIF among LEI issuing organizations (original sources) www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-concatenated-file/lei-issuers-original-sources | www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/gleif-concatenated-file/lei-issuers-original-sources |
| Market calendar | KRX Guide to Trading in the Korean Stock Market - Trading Days and Holidays: markets open Monday to Friday, closed on Labor Day (May 1), the last trading day of the year, etc. global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/01/0109/0109000000/guide_to_trading_in_the_korean_stock_market.pdf | global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/01/0109/0109000000/guide_to_trading_in_the_korean_stock_market.pdf |
| Filing language(s) | Korean; English disclosure from KRX: large KOSPI-listed companies (assets KRW10 trillion or more) submit English disclosures on 26 key material items within three business days of the Korean filing (effective Jan 2024); FSC proposal extends mandatory English disclosure to all KRX-required items and same-day filing for those large companies | www.fsc.go.kr/eng/pr010101/85653 |
| Trading halts page | KRX trading suspension of individual issue under the disclosure regulations (e.g. 30 minutes from disclosure of material information; designation as unfaithful disclosure corporation; missed periodic-report deadline) - described in KRX trading guide; no live halts list page read global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/01/0109/0109000000/guide_to_trading_in_the_korean_stock_market.pdf | global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/01/0109/0109000000/guide_to_trading_in_the_korean_stock_market.pdf global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/06/0602/0602020103/GLB0602020103T1.jsp |
| Store lookup | DART English: Search Filings > Search by Company / Integrated Search for Disclosures englishdart.fss.or.kr/dsbd001/main.do | englishdart.fss.or.kr |
| Node status and door | NODE LIVE · as_of 2026-10-26 · 2,802 issuers · door https://mcp.kr-cm-kg.ai/mcp mcp.kr-cm-kg.ai/mcp | mcp.capitalmarketsknowledgegraph.ai/mcp (list_nodes, at render) |
| Signal | State | When |
|---|---|---|
| ACM-200 | TRADING | The ISIN is on this market's register (the node's current roster for the exchange list). |
| ACM-403 | HALTED | Trading in the line is suspended or halted by the exchange or regulator. The node's record carries the halt flag, read nightly from the market's halts page named in the fields. global.krx.co.kr/contents/GLB/01/0109/0109000000/guide_to_trading_in_the_korean_stock_market.pdf |
| ACM-404 | NOT ON THE REGISTER | The ISIN is not on this market's register (not listed here, delisted, or never admitted). |
| ACM-451 | READ THE FILING | A regulatory filing for the issuer is dated in the last three days: read it before acting. The answer names it. |