* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
* Korean won steady against dollar
* South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
SEOUL, May 20 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares rose more than 1% on Monday, led by a rally in auto and financial stocks, after authorities reaffirmed their will to push forward corporate reforms.
** The benchmark KOSPI rose 30.71 points, or 1.13%, to 2,755.33 by 01:23 GMT.
** Auto and financial stocks are likely to be the biggest gainers from the government's "Corporate Value-up Programme" with large upside potentials to raise dividend payouts.
** Last week, the chiefs of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) and the Korea Exchange visited New York for investor sessions to discuss South Korea's reform efforts.
** South Korea plans to partially lift a ban on stock short-selling sometime in June, the FSS governor said during the trip, according to Yonhap News.
** Hyundai Motor added 4.51% and sister automaker Kia Corp gained 3.28%.
** The finance-major index rose 1.22%.
** Among other index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose 1.68% and peer SK Hynix gained 0.79%, while battery maker LG Energy Solution was flat.
** Of the total 930 traded issues, 517 shares advanced, while 360 declined.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 155.9 billion won ($114.97 million) on the main board.
** The won was quoted at 1,355.3 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.03% lower than its previous close at 1,354.9.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year treasury bonds fell 0.04 point to 104.50.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 1.2 basis points to 3.396%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose by 1.9 basis points to 3.477%. ($1 = 1,355.9600 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Sohini Goswami)