Resumption of Short Selling in Korea on 31 March and Potential Short Selling Candidates

• The resumption of short selling in Korea will start again on 31 March. There has been a ban on short selling in Korea since November 2023.

• We provide some short selling candidates in Korea. Their sharply increasing share prices in the past five years have resulted in much more burdensome valuations.

• Despite their burdensome valuations and sharply higher share prices, the remains high risk of some of these stocks that could overshoot to the upside.