MarketsShort Sellers Under Siege Everywhere Have It Really Bad in Korea203,000 investors have signed a petition to ban short-sellingOne influential day trader calls them Korea’s ‘Axis of Evil’FacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftExpandPhotographer: SeongJoon Cho/BloombergFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftGift this articleContact us:Provide news feedback or report an errorConfidential tip?Send a tip to our reportersSite feedback:Take our SurveyNew WindowFacebookXLinkedInEmailLinkGiftBy Heejin KimJanuary 28, 2021 at 4:00 PM UTCUpdated on January 29, 2021 at 7:31 AM UTCBookmarkSaveLock This article is for subscribers only.Follow Bloomberg on Telegram for all the investment news and analysis you need.Retail investors hell-bent on watching stocks go up have made life miserable for short sellers around the world.