The South Korea Financial Supervisory Service published its October 2025 statistics on foreign investors’ investment in South Korean listed stocks and bonds. Foreign investors bought a net KRW4.2050 trillion of listed stocks and sold a net KRW178.0 billion of listed bonds, extending net stock buying to six consecutive months while turning into net bond sellers after one month. End-October foreign holdings totalled KRW1,248.9 trillion in listed stocks (30.1% of total market capitalisation) and KRW307.0 trillion in listed bonds (11.2% of total listed bonds). Net stock buying was concentrated in Europe (KRW4.490 trillion), led by the United Kingdom (KRW2.369 trillion) and Ireland (KRW1.349 trillion), while the United States was the largest net seller (KRW1.025 trillion). Bond flows reflected net purchases from Europe (KRW4.647 trillion) offset by net sales from Asia (KRW4.316 trillion) and the Middle East (KRW1.696 trillion); by type, foreign investors bought Korean Treasury Bonds (KRW2.959 trillion) but sold specific laws bonds (KRW3.137 trillion) and Monetary Stabilization Bonds (KRW2.162 trillion), with net selling concentrated in maturities of less than one year (KRW5.703 trillion).
South Korea Financial Supervisory Service 2025-11-14
South Korea Financial Supervisory Service reports KRW4.205 trillion net foreign equity buying and KRW178 billion net bond selling in October 2025
In October 2025, foreign investors were net buyers of KRW4.2050 trillion in South Korean stocks and net sellers of KRW178.0 billion in bonds. European investors, especially from the UK and Ireland, led stock purchases, while the US was the largest net seller. Bond activity showed net purchases from Europe but net sales from Asia and the Middle East, with significant selling in bonds maturing in less than one year.