20210203 South Korean dealers (market spot)

Dealers work in front of monitors at Hana Bank in Seoul on Feb. 2. South Korean stocks have been on a tear, getting a major boost from younger retail investors. They are now bracing for the end of the country's unprecedentedly long ban on short selling, the lifting of which they have vehemently opposed. © EPA/Jiji

Return of short-selling to test South Korea's small investors

End of ban could usher in more cautious approach to share trading

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