SeoulMarketsData journalism on Korean equities, currencies, bonds, commodities and macroeconomics — sourced from official Korean government open data, published in English.https://seoulmarkets.comen-us© 2026 SeoulMarketsKorea publishes two housing numbers. They routinely disagree, and both are right.https://seoulmarkets.com/article/korea-housing-two-numbers-that-disagreehttps://seoulmarkets.com/article/korea-housing-two-numbers-that-disagreeTransaction records say what actually sold. The official index says which way the market moved. In a thin market these diverge — and the gap is the story, not an error in either.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-07-31T15:00:00.000ZMacrohousingreal estatemethodologyindex constructionWho watches Korea's private fund managers? Less of the market than you would thinkhttps://seoulmarkets.com/article/who-watches-korean-private-fund-managershttps://seoulmarkets.com/article/who-watches-korean-private-fund-managersA licensed manager can run hundreds of billions of won, trade listed shares daily on its own account, and disclose none of it in a form the public can search. Here is exactly where the record stops.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-07-31T15:00:00.000ZFundsdisclosureprivate fundsasset managersregulationmethodologyWhy the Korean market numbers you can legally read are always a day oldhttps://seoulmarkets.com/article/why-korean-market-data-arrives-a-day-latehttps://seoulmarkets.com/article/why-korean-market-data-arrives-a-day-lateThe data this site publishes settles on a one-business-day lag — not by editorial choice but because that is what the redistributable sources release. One exception changes what is possible.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT2026-07-31T15:00:00.000ZMacromethodologymarket datadisclosureDART