SEOUL -- South Korea's ban this month on short-selling of stocks has been welcomed by the country's vocal army of retail investors who claim the practice favors institutional counterparts but criticized by analysts as a government ploy to win their support in national legislative elections next year.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol has come down firmly on the side of retail investors regarding the issue of short-selling of shares. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters)
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