Korean Stock & Equity Research

Investing Guides

Foreigners can invest in South Korean stocks directly through a local brokerage account (no longer requiring the old IRC registration, abolished December 2023) or indirectly through ETFs like EWY. Direct investors face a 15% dividend withholding tax under the US-Korea treaty, a 0.15% securities transaction tax on KOSPI sales, and no capital gains tax on most listed shares below the 1%/10 billion..