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  • S. Korea jumps 6 spots to 21st in IMD ranking

    South Korea ranked 21st in this year’s Institute for Management Development (IMD) World Competitiveness Ranking, rising six places from last year. According to the '2026 IMD World Competitiveness Ranking Results' released by the Ministry of Finance and Economy on the 18th, South Korea placed 21st among 70 countries. This marks its second-highest ranking sin..

  • Koo vows tougher food-price controls for household stability

  • Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said Tuesday that managing inflation, especially food prices, is central to stabilizing people’s l..
  • Korean government moves to extend FX swap with pension fund

  • The government has begun discussions to extend the foreign-exchange swap agreement between the foreign-exchange authorities and the National Pension Servic..
  • Korea posts record-high $61B exports in November

  • South Korea’s exports reached $61.04 billion in November, marking the highest November figure on record, the government said Monday. With six consecutive m..
  • Semiconductors lift Korea’s outlook to 1.8%

  • The Bank of Korea (BOK) on Thursday revised up next year’s real GDP growth forecast to 1.8%, citing a rebound in consumer sentiment, strengthening semicond..
  • Upbit suffers ₩44.5 billion hack, halts transactions

  • Upbit, South Korea’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a hacking incident worth 44.5 billion won ($32 million) early Thursday, prompting an immedia..
  • Business sentiment hits 13-month high in November

  • South Korean businesses reported their strongest sentiment in 13 months in November, supported by a sustained semiconductor super-cycle and recovering cons..
  • Consumer sentiment hits 8-year high in November

  • South Korea’s consumer sentiment index reached its highest level in eight years in November, boosted by the conclusion of U.S.–Korea tariff negotiations an..
  • Producer prices keep rising on goods and services

  • Korea’s producer price index (PPI) extended its upward trend in October, as higher prices for manufactured goods such as computers, electronics and primary..
  • Bank deposit rates rebound to the 3 percent range

  • With major banks raising savings and deposit rates this month, the top interest rates on key time-deposit products have climbed back into the 3 percent ran..
  • Mortgage rates climb back to 6%

  • South Korea’s major banks have raised mortgage rates back into the 6% range for the first time in two years, signaling a tightening lending environment as..
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