South Korea delays higher delisting market-cap threshold to July 2027

South Korea's Financial Services Commission and Korea Exchange postponed the higher market-cap delisting threshold from January to July 2027, a six-month delay. The KOSDAQ threshold rises to 20 billion won in July 2026 and 30 billion won by July 2027; 238 companies and 3.12 million retail investors with 7.85 trillion won in assets are at risk.

• Market-cap threshold application delayed from January to July 2027
• KOSDAQ threshold rises from 4 billion won in 2025 to 30 billion by July 2027
• 238 companies failed market-cap or became penny stocks as of August 25
• 3.12 million investors with 7.85 trillion won in assets at risk