Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on September 1 that Korea’s exports in August 2025 grew 1.3 percent year-on-year to USD 58.4 billion, while imports fell 4.0 percent to $51.9 billion. The trade balance recorded a surplus of $6.5 billion. Dail...

Sep 02,2025

Statistics Korea

□ The Consumer Price Index was 116.45(2020=100) in August 2025. The index decreased 0.1 percent from the preceding month and rose 1.7 percent from the same month of the previous year. ◦ The index excluding food and energy was 112.84 in August 2025. The index decreased 0.6 perc...

Sep 02,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy held its 463rd KTC meeting on Thursday, August 28, 2025, to deliberate and resolve one anti-dumping investigation and four intellectual property (IP) infringement investigations related to exports a...

Sep 01,2025

Statistics Korea

○ The online shopping transaction value marked 23.0335 trillion won in July 2025, rising 7.3% from July 2024. ○ The mobile shopping transaction value marked 18.1568 trillion won in July 2025, rising 10.0% from July 2024. ※ For more information, refer to the attached fi...

Sep 01,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The 2025 World Climate Industry EXPO (WCE) opened on August 27 in Busan, Korea. This large-scale international event is co-hosted by the Korean government, the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the World Bank (WB) as the flagship of Energy Super Week, held from August 25 to ...

Aug 29,2025

Bank of Korea

* North Korea’s economic indicators related to the national accounts, such as growth rate, industrial structure, economic size, and per capita GNI, are estimated based on South Korea’s prices and value-added ratios, and thus should not be directly compared with those ...

Aug 29,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

- Research by Prof. Koh Je-sung’s group at Ajou University appears as the cover article in Science - Findings point to applications in next-generation aquatic robots, ocean exploration, and disaster response The Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Bae Kyunghoon) announced ...

Aug 29,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

- Strategic investment to fully restore the research ecosystem and achieve genuine growth - Transition to an R&D investment framework focused on technology-driven and inclusive growth The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister Bae Kyunghoon) announced that, at the pl...

Aug 29,2025

Statistics Korea

□ In July, the Index of Services went up by 0.2% month-on-month owing to the rise in 'Wholesale and retail trade‘ and 'Information and communication' in spite of the drop in 'Financial and insurance activities’. ❍ In July, the Index of Services grew by 2.1% year-...

Aug 29,2025

Statistics Korea

1. Production Trend □ The Index of All industry production in July increased by 0.3 percent from the previous month. □ The Index of All industry production in July increased by 1.9 percent from the same period of the previous year. □ The Manufacturing Production In...

Aug 29,2025