Korean Stock Exchange

securities exchange operator in South Korea
Organization business Q495372
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Korean Stock Exchange

Summary

Korean Stock Exchange is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Korean Stock Exchange was a member of Linux Foundation[3].
  • Korean Stock Exchange is located in Seoul[4].
  • Korean Stock Exchange is in the country of South Korea[5].
  • Korean Stock Exchange is in the country of KR[6].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's instance of is recorded as trading venue[9].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's instance of is recorded as stock exchange[10].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's headquarters location is recorded as Busan[11].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's Commons category is recorded as Korea Exchange[12].
  • January 1, 1953 marks the founding of Korean Stock Exchange[13].
  • 2005-01-27 marks the founding of Korean Stock Exchange[14].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's location of formation is recorded as Busan[15].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's parent organization or unit is recorded as Financial Services Commission[16].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's official website is recorded as http://www.krx.co.kr/[17].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's official website is recorded as http://eng.krx.co.kr[18].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Korea Exchange[19].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's topic has template is recorded as Template:Korea Exchange[20].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's legal form is recorded as jusik hoesa[21].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's legal form is recorded as 5RCH[22].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's McCune–Reischauer romanization is recorded as Hanguk Kŏraeso[23].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's Revised Romanization is recorded as Hanguk Georaeso[24].
  • Korean Stock Exchange's stock market index is recorded as KOSPI[25].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300TJ3RRV6Q1UEW14[26]

  • Registered legal name: 한국거래소[27]

  • Legal jurisdiction: KR[28]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[29]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 5RCH[30]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[31]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[32]

  • Entity created: 2005-01-27[33]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-07-04[34]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-04-15[35]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-05-07[36]

  • Managing LOU: 9884008RRMX1X5HV6625[37]

  • Registration authority: RA000657[38]

  • Authority entity ID: 602-81-35420[39]

  • Other names: Korea Exchange, Inc.[40]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[41]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1953[13] and 2005-01-27[14]. Korean Stock Exchange's location of formation is recorded as Busan[15].

Operations

Korean Stock Exchange's headquarters location is recorded as Busan[11]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Financial Services Commission[16].

Why It Matters

Korean Stock Exchange ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . Market Identifier Code. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . linuxfoundation.org. Retrieved . linuxfoundation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Dataset of South Korean Public Institutions 2015. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Market Identifier Code. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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