Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Eco-friendly auto sales surpass conventional cars in May
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced today that Korea’s domestic automobile sales for the month of May 2025 increased 0.4 percent year-on-year to 141,865 units.
Eco-friendly vehicles took up 52 percent of total domestic automobile sales, surpass...
Jun 17,2025
Bank of Korea
Export/Import Price Indexes and Trade Indexes - May 2025(preliminary)
□ The Export Price Index (KRW basis) decreased 3.4 percent from the previous month.
o The index decreased 2.4 percent over the last 12 months.
□ The Import Price Index (KRW basis) decreased 3.7 percent from the previous month.
o It decreased 5.0 percent over the last 12 mont...
Jun 17,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea and Netherlands launch Future Chips Academy 2025
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) are launching the Korea-Netherlands Future Chips Academy 2025 from June 16–20 in the Netherlands to boost bilateral exchanges in raising high-quality semiconductor ta...
Jun 16,2025
Bank of Korea
Monetary and Liquidity Aggregates (April 2025)
1. During April 2025, Narrow Money (M1, seasonally adjusted, period-average) decreased by 0.6% compared to the previous month.
2. Broad Money (M2, seasonally adjusted, period-average) increased by 0.2%.
3. Liquidity of Financial Institutions (Lf, seasonally adjusted, peri...
Jun 16,2025
Ministry of Science and ICT
Reannouncement of the National AI Computing Center Project
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang-im, hereinafter referred to as “MSIT”) announced that it will reissue the public call for the National AI Computing Center Project from Monday, June 2 to Friday, June 13. The reannouncement is an extension of the init...
Jun 13,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea’s ICT exports climb 9.6% in May
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) announced today that Korea’s exports and imports of information and communications technology (ICT) goods for the month of May 2025 advanced 9.6 percent and 0.5 percent year-on-yea...
Jun 12,2025
Statistics Korea
Economically Active Population Survey in May 2025
[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 30.012 million persons in May, which grew 213 thousand persons or 0.7% year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.6% in May, up 0.2%p year-on-ye...
Jun 11,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea Trade Commission holds Seoul International Forum on Trade Remedies 2025
The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) held the Seoul International Forum on Trade Remedies 2025 (“Seoul Forum 2025”) today at COEX in Seoul.
Now in its 23rd year since the initial launch in 2001, Seoul Forum is ...
Jun 10,2025
Bank of Korea
Industrial Loans of Depository Corporations during Q1 2025
□ Depository corporations increased their industrial lending by 17.3 trillion won in the first quarter of 2025.
o By purpose, lending for working capital increased by 9.5 trillion won, and loans for facilities investment expanded by 7.8 trillion won.
o Loans extended by dep...
Jun 10,2025