Bank of Korea
Official Foreign Reserves(July 2025)
□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of July 2025 amounted to 411.3 billion dollars.
ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 365.1 billion dollars (88.8%), deposits of 21.3 billion dollars (5.2%), SDRs of 15.7 billion dollars (...
Aug 05,2025
Statistics Korea
Consumer Price Index in July 2025
□ The Consumer Price Index was 116.52(2020=100) in July 2025. The index increased 0.2 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.1 percent from the same month of the previous year.
◦ The index excluding food and energy was 113.47 in July 2025. The index increased 0.3 percen...
Aug 05,2025
Ministry of Science and ICT
Professor Baek Min-kyung Wins 2025 APEC ASPIRE Prize
- Chosen by all 21 member economies as the region’s top researcher under 40
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister Bae Kyunghoon) and the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) announced on July 23, 2025 that Professor Baek Min-kyun...
Aug 04,2025
Statistics Korea
Online Shopping in June 2025
○ The online shopping transaction value marked 21.8977 trillion won in June 2025, rising 1.8% from June 2024.
○ The mobile shopping transaction value marked 17.0339 trillion won in June 2025, rising 4.6% from June 2024.
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Aug 01,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea's Exports Rise 5.9% in July
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on August 1 that Korea’s exports and imports for the month of July 2025 increased 5.9 percent to USD 60.8 billion and 0.7 percent to $54.2 billion year-on-year, respectively. The trade balance stood at a surplus o...
Aug 01,2025
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Lowering Regulatory Barriers by Drone Special Free Zones Nationwide
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) has designated Drone Special Free Zones on 29 July for its third time*, aimed at accelerating commercialization of drone service models and expanding the foundation for drone technology demonstrations, significantly incr...
Jul 31,2025
Statistics Korea
The Index of Services in June 2025
□ In June, the Index of Services went up by 0.5% month-on-month owing to the rise in 'Financial and insurance activities‘ and 'Professional, scientific and technical activities' in spite of the drop in 'Human health and social work activities’.
❍ In June, the Index...
Jul 31,2025