The number of South Korean minors holding domestically listed stocks worth at least 100 million won, approximately $74,000, rose 92.9% to 5,400 at the end of 2025 from 2,800 a year earlier. The 50 million-to-under-100 million won bracket increased 127.3% to 10,000, taking the number of minors with holdings of at least 50 million won to 15,400, more than double the 7,200 recorded in 2024. Overall, minor stockholders declined to 769,600 from 773,400, while the value of their domestic stock holdings climbed 57.2% to 7.3113 trillion won, approximately $5.4 billion, from 4.6501 trillion won. Among children under 10, holdings rose 47.0% to 1.8355 trillion won even as the number of shareholders fell to 232,100. The Korea Securities Depository values holdings using final trading-day closing prices, and the KOSPI's 75% surge in 2025 significantly boosted valuations alongside new purchases. People Power Party lawmaker Park Sung-hoon, a member of the National Assembly Political Affairs Committee, called for scrutiny of possible disguised inheritance and gaps in tracing funds transferred from parents to children.