The Financial Services Commission held an event commemorating the capital market investigation unit’s establishment ten years ago together with the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office, the Financial Supervisory Service and the Korea Exchange on September 21. At the event, the authorities also set out plans to bolster market surveillance, investigation and punishment on unfair trading activities in capital markets. Speaking about the significance of the work performed by the investigation unit, FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun said that it is crucial to maintain stringent countermeasures against unfair trading activities because they constitute serious crimes that can erode investor confidence in capital markets.