Cash dividend for fiscal 2012 decided by December - closing companies listed on South Korea ’ s junior KOSDAQ market amounted to 429 . 7 billion won ( $ 393 . 1 million ) this year , up 8 . 67 percent from a year ago , Korea Exchange ( KRX ) said Monday . The survey is based on 192 companies which paid dividend for two consecutive years among December - closing companies which disclosed dividend decision as of February 19 , said the KRX . But the dividend yield ratio averaged 1 . 99 percent , down 0 . 22 percentage points from 2 . 21 percent , a year ago . [ Written by Yoo - jin Seo / edited by Soyoung Chung ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]