A compact reference for investors who need Korean market vocabulary explained without local jargon.
KOSPI is Korea's main stock market board and includes many of the country's largest listed companies.
KOSDAQ is Korea's growth-oriented exchange market with many smaller, technology, biotech, software, and retail-flow-sensitive companies.
KOSPI 200 is a large-cap Korean equity universe often used as a practical starting point for foreign investors researching liquid Korean common shares.
DART is Korea's official corporate disclosure system operated by the Financial Supervisory Service.
English OpenDART provides English access to selected Korean company filing metadata and documents, with original Korean DART as the fallback source.
A chaebol is a Korean business group structure where family control, holding companies, subsidiaries, and related-party transactions can affect public shareholders.
Most Korean listed stocks have a daily price limit, usually plus or minus 30 percent from the previous close.
USD/KRW is the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and Korean won, and it affects the dollar return of Korean stock investments.
KRX is Korea Exchange, the operator of Korea's securities and derivatives markets.
data.go.kr daily public data refers to public price and index records that update after the next trading day.
ECOS is the Bank of Korea's economic statistics system and is used for macro indicators such as rates, CPI, and USD/KRW reference data.