President Lee to Preside Over Capital Market Meeting Today... Discussing "Exit of Insolvent Companies"

Lee Presides Over 'Capital Market Stabilization and Normalization Meeting'

Duplicate Listings to Be Prohibited, KOSDAQ Revitalization Expected to Be Discussed

President Lee Jae-myung is presiding over the Cabinet meeting at the Government Complex Sejong on the 17th. March 17, 2026. Photo by Yonhap News Agency

President Lee Jae-myung will preside over a meeting on capital market stabilization and normalization on March 18, discussing four major reform initiatives.

On this day at 2 p.m., President Lee will host the meeting at the Blue House under the theme "A Capital Market Strong in Crisis, Trusted by the People." The meeting has been organized to review response measures to the recent increase in financial market volatility and to discuss fundamental structural improvement plans for the capital market.

At the meeting, Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eogwon will announce "Structural Improvement Measures for Capital Market Stabilization." The measures will cover four main policy directions: trust, shareholder protection, innovation, and enhanced market accessibility. Through these initiatives, the government plans to accelerate the exit of insolvent companies from the market, strictly prohibit duplicate listings through rigorous screening, revitalize KONEX and KOSDAQ to provide funding support for innovative companies at each stage of growth, and introduce new long-term investment products that the public can tangibly benefit from.

Following this, President Lee will hold discussions with participants on the topics "A Market Strong in Crisis: Diagnosis and Response Tasks for the Stock Market" and "A Market Trusted by the Public: Tasks for Achieving the Korea Premium."

A total of 47 attendees from the private sector, government, and the Blue House will participate in the event. From the private sector, representatives from KOSDAQ and KONEX-listed companies, startups, institutional investors, analysts, as well as individual investors including university students and young adults, will be present. From the government and relevant organizations, in addition to Chairman Lee, attendees will include Lee Chanjin, Governor of the Financial Supervisory Service; Jeong Eunbo, Chairman of Korea Exchange; and Hwang Sungyeop, Chairman of the Korea Financial Investment Association. From the Blue House, participants will include Chief of Staff Kang Hoonshik, policy chief Kim Yongbeom, Senior Secretary for Economic Growth Ha Junkyung, Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs Bong Uk, and Budget Planning Advisor Ryu Deokhyeon.

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