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History

• 2023

  03 Han Yi was elected as Chair of the KASB.

• 2022

  12 Non-standing members of the Sustainability Standards Committee (5 members), Sustainability Advisory Committee (appointed 14 members)

• 11 Establishment of Korea Sustainability Standards Board(KSSB)

• 03 Se-hwan Park was reelected as Vice-Chair of the KASB.

• 2020

  03 Kim, Eui-Hyung was reelected as Chair of the KASB.

• 2019

  03 Se-hwan Park was elected as Vice-Chair of the KASB.

• 2017

  03 Kim, Eui-Hyung was elected as Chair of the KASB.
  
  

• 2016

  03 Sungsoo Kwon was reappointed as Vice-Chair of the KASB.

• 2015

  11 The KASB Chair was officially appointed as Chair of the Asian-Oceanian Standard-Setters Group (AOSSG) at the 2015 Annual AOSSG Meeting in Seoul (two year term).

• 2014

  03 Jee In Jang was elected as Chair of the KASB.
  Sungsoo Kwon was elected as Vice-Chair of the KASB.

• 2013

  11 The KASB Chair was elected as Vice-Chair of the AOSSG.

• 2011

  03 Suk Sig Lim was elected as Chair of the KASB.
  Chan-hong Kim was reappointed as Vice-Chair of the KASB.

• 2008

  03 Chungwoo Suh was elected as chairman of the KASB.
  Chan-hong Kim was elected as vice chairman of the KASB.

• 2005

  03 Hyo Ik Lee was elected as chairman of the KASB.

• 02 Chungwoo Suh was elected as vice chairman of the KASB.

• 2004

  01 Suk Sig Lim was elected as vice chairman of the KASB.

• 2003

  03 Kosdaq Listed Companies Association joined the general membership

• 2002

  07 Committee on Technical Questions and Answers was launched.

• 03 Kee-young Chung was elected as chairman of the KASB.

• 2000

  12 KOSDAQ Stock Market, Inc. joined the general membership and Kyung-ho Kim was elected as vice chairman of the KASB.

• 10 The e-KASB club was opened.

• 07 Legally commenced accounting standard-setting process pursuant to the External Audit of Joint-Stock Corporations Act.

• 01 The External Audit of Joint-Stock Corporations Act was revised to delegate the duty of establishing accounting standards to an independent professional private organization.

• 1999

  09 The Korea Accounting Institute was launched, and the KASB had its first meeting.

• 08 5 non-standing members of the KASB and 20 members of the Korea Accounting Standards Advisory Council were appointed.

• 06 The 13-member foundation held the first general meeting and elected Il-sup Kim as president of the Korea Accounting Institute and chairman of the Korea Accounting Standards Board(KASB), and Jang-youn Cho as vice chairman of the KASB.

• 1998

  10 The Korean government and the IBRD agreed to establish an independent private- sector organization that sets accounting standards.

• 05 The Special Commission on Accounting Institution proposed to establish an independent private-sector organization that sets accounting standards.

• 1997

  06 The Financial Reformation Commission proposed to establish a special research institute of accounting standards setting.