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From birth to brokerage: Why South Korea is seeing a surge in infant investment accounts

Cnbc · · 768 words · By Justina Lee; Lisa Kim
Generational Wealth Planning Tax Optimization South Korean Financial Trends
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South Korean parents are ramping up efforts to give their children a head start in building long-term wealth by opening investment accounts even before they learn to crawl out of their cribs.

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What happened

South Korean parents are ramping up efforts to give their children a head start in building long-term wealth by opening investment accounts even before they learn to crawl out of their cribs.

Why it matters

Brokerage accounts of kids under the age of one have nearly tripled from a year ago to about 15,000 in June at Mirae Asset Securities, the country's largest brokerage by market cap.

Common ground

New accounts openings for those under 9 have soared nearly 60% to around 185,000, the brokerage said, excluding duplicate accounts.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/07/south-korea-investment-stock-baby-accounts.html

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “New accounts openings for those under 9 have soared nearly 60% to around 185,000, the brokerage said, excluding duplicate accounts.”
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Similar to claim 0, while Mirae Asset Securities is identified as a real entity via Wikipedia, the specific statistics regarding account openings for children under 9 are not found in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (Korean: 미래에셋증권 주식회사; RR: Mirae Eset Jeunggwon Jusik Hoesa) is the largest investment banking and stock brokerage company by market capitalization in South Korea. Mira…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Securities
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirae Asset Financial Group (Korean: 미래에셋금융그룹) is a South Korean multinational financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Mirae Asset provides comprehensive financial services inc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Financial_Group
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web search NEUTRAL — Mirae Asset Financial Group (Korean: 미래에셋금융그룹) is a South Korean multinational financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Mirae Asset provides comprehensive financial services inc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Financial_Group
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Claim 2: “Kakaopay Securities... said last month that it plans to hand out stocks worth 100,000 won per infant born next year”
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The provided web results for this claim are completely irrelevant, discussing strength training and fitness plans instead of Kakaopay Securities.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 29, 2026 · To help you narrow it down, we rounded up the best strength training plans for every goal, fitness level, and training preference.
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web search NEUTRAL — Try these 10 strength training exercises from exercise expert Jack Heseltine, including squats, bicep curls and wall push ups. You may have heard the expressions ‘strength training’ or ‘resistance tra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 23, 2025 · Welcome to our go-to guide to full-body workouts to hit every muscle and have you in and out the gym, sharpish. Here, you'll find the best workouts — including plans from Josh Silverman…
https://www.menshealth.com/uk/building-muscle/a28433729/full…
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Claim 3: “most retail investors are not subject to capital gains tax when selling Korea-listed shares, unless they are a major shareholder.”
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The provided evidence discusses capital gains tax generally and mentions exemptions for foreign institutions, but does not explicitly confirm the specific rule for retail investors on Korea-listed shares unless they are major shareholders.
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web search NEUTRAL — The capital gains tax is a tax on the realized appreciation of assets.
https://www.investopedia.com/taxes/capital-gains-tax-101/
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover why there's no plan to eliminate Long Term Capital Gains Tax on Indian equities and mutual funds for retail investors.Tax Concept is a dedicated team of financial writers, legal analysts, and…
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web search NEUTRAL — Foreign institutions are exempt from capital gains taxes if their stakeholding in a local company is less than 25 percent. In a similar vein, local institutional investors are not affected by the comi…
https://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20201006000774
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Claim 4: “The tax rate jumps to 40% to 70% for properties owned for less than two years.”
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The same Binance News source confirms that property held for less than two years faces capital gains tax rates of 40% to 70%.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Korea has a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, the economy was worth ₩2.56 quadrillion (US$1.87 trillion). It has the 4th largest economy in Asia and the 13th largest in the world a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_South_Korea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, wi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The South Korea national football team (Korean: 대한민국 축구 국가대표팀; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Associ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea_national_football_…
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Claim 5: “Gifts of up to 20 million won from parents to a minor child are tax-exempt within once in a 10-year period, according to the Ministry of Government Legislation.”
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A web search result explicitly attributes to the Ministry of Government Legislation that gifts of up to 20 million won from parents to a minor child are tax-exempt once every 10 years.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Government Legislation said gifts of up to 20 million won from parents to a minor child are tax-exempt once every 10 years, and some parents use that allowance to buy stocks.
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-06-2026-south-kore…
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web search NEUTRAL — This page provides links to tax treaties between the United States and particular countries. For further information on tax treaties refer also to the Treasury Department's tax treaty documents page. …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whACbBa5pd0
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Claim 6: “Brokerage accounts of kids under the age of one have nearly tripled from a year ago to about 15,000 in June at Mirae Asset Securities”
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The provided evidence includes general information about Mirae Asset Securities from Wikipedia, but no specific data regarding the number of accounts for children under one year old. The claim appears to come from the source article without external corroboration in the provided search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd. (Korean: 미래에셋증권 주식회사; RR: Mirae Eset Jeunggwon Jusik Hoesa) is the largest investment banking and stock brokerage company by market capitalization in South Korea. Mira…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Securities
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mirae Asset Financial Group (Korean: 미래에셋금융그룹) is a South Korean multinational financial services company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Mirae Asset provides comprehensive financial services inc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Financial_Group
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web search NEUTRAL — iPhone 15 Pro - First 25 Things To Do!Benefits of Using StandBy There are many benefits to using StandBy as your bed clock/calendar. These benefits include: It is a convenient way to check the time an…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTGw6IPBa-o
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Claim 7: “Korea applies a progressive tax rate of 6% to 45% on capital gains from properties owned for two years or longer, according to the National Tax Service.”
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A web search result from Binance News explicitly states that South Korea's National Tax Service applies a progressive capital gains tax rate of 6% to 45% for real estate held for at least two years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An idol (Korean: 아이돌; RR: aidol) is a type of entertainer who works in the field of Korean popular music (K-pop), either as a member of a group or as a solo act. They typically work for an entertainme…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_idol
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Tax Service (Korean: 국세청) is the tax organization in South Korea and is run under the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The headquarters are in Sejong City.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Tax_Service_(South_Ko…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Opposition to Korean reunification (Korean: 통일반대론; Hanja: 統一反對論; lit. 'Theory of opposition to unification') means opposing the unification of North Korea and South Korea, and supporting the current s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_Korean_reunifica…
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Claim 8: “In 2023, financial authorities revised guidelines to allow guardians to open accounts for their children remotely from their smartphones, without having to visit a branch.”
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Claim 9: “Households held around three-quarters of their wealth in physical assets, primarily real estate, and the rest in financial assets, according to a survey by Ministry of Data and Statistics.”
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Web results mention the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) and the Ministry of Data and Statistics in the context of education spending, but no evidence was provided regarding the 75% wealth distribution between physical and financial assets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean: 김; Hanja: 金), followed by Lee (이; 李) and Park (박; 朴). Thes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Korean_surnames
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Statistics on rape and other acts of sexual assault are commonly available in industrialized countries, and have become better documented throughout the world. Inconsistent definitions of rape, differ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Demographic features of South Korea's population include population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population. The commo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_Korea
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.