The assets of Financial Services Commission Chairperson Kim Byeong-hwan and Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Bok-hyeon, among other financial authorities, showed a slight increase compared to the previous year.
According to the '2025 High-ranking Official Asset Change Report' published in the government gazette by the Government Official Ethics Committee on the 27th, Chairperson Kim reported 733.59 million won under his name, his spouse's name, his mother’s name, and his eldest daughter’s name. This is an increase of 84.56 million won compared to the previous year's reported amount. Although his deposits decreased slightly, his assets increased after repaying 135 million won of 368 million won in loans.
Chairperson Kim is a homeowner living in a jeonse (lease deposit of 500 million won) in Namgajwa-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.
Financial Services Commission Vice Chairperson Kim So-young reported 923.397 million won under her name, her spouse's name, and her eldest daughter’s name. This is a decrease of 145 million won from the previous year. Vice Chairperson Kim had reported 2.937624 billion won in 2023. The significant reduction in reported assets since last year was due to the blind trust of 210.92353 billion won worth of unlisted stocks (Central Shipping Corporation) totaling 210,687 shares, which had made up the majority of her assets. This company is known to be a family business of Vice Chairperson Kim.
Governor Lee Bok-hyeon reported assets of 1.7461 billion won under his name, his spouse's name, and his eldest son's and daughter's names. This amount is an increase of 49.18 million won from the previous report, attributed to the rise in the publicly announced value of an apartment in Jamwon-dong, Seocho-gu, co-owned with his spouse. FSS Senior Deputy Governor Lee Se-hoon reported 939 million won, an increase of 30 million won compared to the previous year's reported amount.
Among the heads of financial public institutions, Yoo Jae-hoon, President of the Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, reported the highest amount at 5.20516 billion won, an increase of 211.53 million won from the previous year. Of this amount, 3.368 billion won is in real estate, which includes an apartment in Seocho-gu (1.7 billion won), a pre-sale right for an apartment in Seocho-gu (1.89 billion won), an apartment in Paris, France (447 million won), and a jeonse lease right in Jung-gu, Seoul (730 million won).
Kang Seok-hoon, President of the Industrial Bank of Korea, reported 3.16732 billion won, an increase of 259 million won compared to the previous year’s report. Kim Sung-tae, President of the Industrial Bank, held 3.26756 billion won, a decrease of 10.42 million won. Kim Kyung-hwan, President of the Korea Housing Finance Corporation, reported a decrease of 71.16 million won, totaling 4.58554 billion won, while Lee Jae-yeon, President of the Korea Financial Services Agency, reported an increase of 246.59 million won, totaling 4.13726 billion won.
Kwon Nam-joo, President of the Korea Asset Management Corporation, reported an increase of 81.39 million won, totaling 923.9 million won, while Choi Won-mok, President of the Korea Credit Guarantee Fund, reported an increase of 546.58 million won, totaling 5.34447 billion won.