Bank of Korea
Business Survey and Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) for May 2025
□ The Composite Business Sentiment Index (CBSI) for all industries for May 2025 was 90.7, up 2.8 points from the previous month, and that for the outlook for the following month also up by 3.2 points to 89.5.
― In the manufacturing sector, the CBSI for May 2025 was 94.7, up 1....
May 28,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea and Japan’s business leaders expand economic cooperation
Korea’s Minister for Trade Inkyo Cheong attended the 57th Korea-Japan Business Conference today in Seoul, co-organized by Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), Korea-Japan Economic Association, Japan-Korea Economic Association, and the Japan-Korea In...
May 27,2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Secretary-General of AfCFTA Hold Meeting (May 27)
- The two sides signed an MOU on the ROK-AfCFTA Cooperation Fund -1. On Tuesday, May 27, Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul met with Secretary-General Wamkele Keabetswe Mene of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat during the latter’s visit to the Repu...
May 27,2025
Bank of Korea
Consumer Tendency Survey for May 2025
The Composite Consumer Sentiment Index (CCSI) for May 2025 stood at 101.8, 8.0 points higher than in April 2025.
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May 27,2025
Ministry of Science and ICT
Korea to Build Its 6th National Supercomputer in Partnership with HPE
- Equipped with 8,496 high-performance GPUs to support AI-powered science and technology (AI+S&T) research
- HPE selected as final contractor after six rounds of bidding, with a contract valued at KRW 382.5 billion
- Korea to build a supercomputer expected to rank amo...
May 26,2025