Korea Used to Buy Back Stock — and Then Re-Sell It. The Law Changed, and Cancellations Just Overtook Disposals.
For years a Korean buyback was only half a buyback — companies could resell the treasury shares later.
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The ‘Next Japan Trade’ Paradox: Korea Copied Japan’s Playbook, Hard-Coded It Into Law — and Foreigners Still Sold $97 Billion
Korea copied Japan’s governance-reform playbook, then went further and wrote it into law. So why did foreign investors dump a record ₩148 trillion in H1…
Korea’s ‘New Japan Trade,’ One Year In: Did Copying Japan Actually Work?
Global funds call Korea “the new Japan trade.” One year into the Value-Up push, buyback cancellations hit records and the law now forces them — yet…
Korea Quietly Rewrote Its Corporate Law. Wall Street Calls It the ‘New Japan Trade.’
Korea’s Value-Up program is a national attempt to end the chronic “Korea discount.” Unlike past reforms, this one became law — and the policy line has stayed consistent across a change of government. Here’s what actually changed, who wins, and where the skeptics have a point.