A number of financial sources revealed on Thursday that South Korea's National Tax Service has launched a special tax inspection on KB Kookmin Bank, a major South Korean bank. People familiar with the matter said that South Korea's National Tax Service has dispatched investigators to the bank's headquarters in western Seoul to obtain all kinds of financial and accounting data required for tax inspections.

A number of financial sources revealed on Thursday that South Korea's National Tax Service has launched a special tax inspection on KB Kookmin Bank, a major South Korean bank. People familiar with the matter said that South Korea's National Tax Service has dispatched investigators to the bank's headquarters in western Seoul to obtain all kinds of financial and accounting data required for tax inspections.