Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) hosted K-FEZ Day 2025 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul on Thursday, September 4, to expand global investment in Korean Free Economic Zones (KFEZs). The event drew nearly 240 participants, including members of the diplomatic corp...

Sep 05,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Korea’s Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo met with ambassadors from 18 member states of the Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC) in Seoul on Wednesday, September 3, to discuss the global trade environment and explore ways to strengthen economic and trade cooperati...

Sep 05,2025

Bank of Korea

□ Depository corporations increased their industrial lending by 14.5 trillion won in the Second quarter of 2025. o By purpose, lending for working capital increased by 8.8 trillion won, and loans for facilities investment expanded by 5.7 trillion won. o Loans extended by de...

Sep 05,2025

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister KIM Yoon-duk) announced that the total aviation safety investment by the industry, including domestic airlines, in 2024 reached KRW 6.1769 trillion, an increase of KRW 332.4 billion (5.7%) compared to the previ...

Sep 04,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Korea’s Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo met with Ecuador’s Minister of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments, and Fisheries Luis Alberto Jaramillo in Seoul on Tuesday, September 2. The two sides held bilateral talks and formally signed the Strategic Economic Cooperati...

Sep 04,2025

Ministry of the Interior and Safety

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Sep 04,2025

Bank of Korea

□ During July 2025, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 10.78 billion dollars. □ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 11.08 billion dollars during July 2025. ※ Please refer to the attached files.

Sep 04,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Korea’s Minister for Trade Yeo Han-koo met with the UK’s Minister of State at the Department for Business and Trade Douglas Alexander in Seoul on September 1. The two sides exchanged views on industrial and trade policy directions in the current global trade environme...

Sep 03,2025

Bank of Korea

◈ Real gross domestic product (real GDP, chained volume measure of GDP) increased by 0.7 percent in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the previous quarter, 0.1 percentage point higher than the figure given in the advance estimate. ◈ Real gross national income (real GNI)...

Sep 03,2025

Bank of Korea

□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of August 2025 amounted to 416.3 billion dollars. ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 366.2 billion dollars (88.0%), deposits of 25.0 billion dollars (6.0%), SDRs of 15.8 billion dollars (3.8%...

Sep 03,2025