On May 3, South Korea officially lifted its nearly 14-month short-selling ban, which is the longest one in its history.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic in the world, many countries and regions around the world have issued temporary measures to ban short-selling to stabilize the stock market, and South Korea is currently the last country in the world to lift the ban.

The ban is mainly focused on heavyweight stocks with large market capitalization and rich liquidity in the Korean market, which account for almost 80% of the total market value in South Korea, including Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and other biggest Korean stocks.