Both the government and corporate sectors actively issue bonds in the Republic of Korea. Issuers from the corporate sector represented nearly 55% of total bonds outstanding as of December 2008.

Lists of outstanding issues for government, quasi-government, and corporate bonds are available at the website of Bank of Korea and at KoreaBondWeb. These lists include major issues of asset-backed securities.

Government bonds include issuances by the central government, central bank, and financial debentures issued by the Korea Development Bank (KDB).

Central government bonds comprising treasury instruments offered by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance (MOSF) represented more than half of outstanding government bonds as of December 2008. The MOSF regularly issues treasury bonds. National Housing Bonds issued by the Korea National Housing Corp and those issued by municipal governments also comprise government bond issues.

Other active government issuers include the Bank of Korea (monetary stabilization bonds) and Korea Development Bank (financial debentures). Links to some of these issuers are provided below.

Corporate bonds include special public bonds issued by state-owned entities; financial debentures other than those issued by the Korea Development Bank (KDB); and other corporate issues, which may be either guaranteed or non-guaranteed.

Some of the major corporate issuers in the Republic of Korea include Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation, Korea Housing Finance Corporation, Kookmin Bank, and International Bank of Korea.

A list of outstanding corporate bonds is available at the website of the Bank of Korea and at KoreaBondWeb.