KRX chairman offers to step down
May 26, 2013
The head of South Korea’s stock bourse operator has offered to resign, signaling what could be the beginning of a replacement at the top of brokerage-related agencies, industry sources said Sunday.Kim Bong-soo, the chairman of the Korea Exchange recently expressed his intent to step down to Financial Services Commission Chairman Shin Je-yoon, according to the sources.Kim, 59, offered to resign, saying that he has done his part and now is the time to leave, a source said on condition of anonymity