Ministry of Health and Welfare

MOHW, National Archives of Korea, and NCRC Sign Agreement on Preservation of Adoption Records - Agreement opens the path for preserving adoption records in specialized archival facilities - The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW, Minister Jeong Eun Kyeong), the National A...

Oct 13,2025

Bank of Korea

□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of September 2025 amounted to 422.0 billion dollars. ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 378.4 billion dollars (89.7%), deposits of 18.5 billion dollars (4.4%), SDRs of 15.8 billion dolla...

Oct 10,2025

Bank of Korea

□ During August 2025, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 9.15 billion dollars. □ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 7.88 billion dollars during August 2025. ※ Please refer to the attached files.

Oct 02,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Republic of Korea successfully concluded its presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for September. Serving as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for the 2024-2025 term, Korea assumed its presidency for the second time during its current non-permanent members...

Oct 01,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On October 1, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs convened a luncheon roundtable with representatives of Korean companies operating in India and relevant experts to discuss ways to support those companies. The event was chaired by Oh Jin-hee, Deputy Director-General for Asian and Pac...

Oct 01,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Lee Kyung-chul, Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan & High Representative for UN Security Council Affairs, attended the meeting of the G7+ Special Representatives for Afghanistan held in London, the United Kingdom, on September 29–30, as head of the Korean gov...

Sep 30,2025

Bank of Korea

□ In August 2025, the average interest rate on new deposits was 2.49%, down 2 basis points from the previous month. ― The average interest rate on outstanding amounts of deposits as of end-August was 2.08%, down 4 basis points from the previous month. □ In August 2025, th...

Sep 30,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun held his first meeting with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Johann Wadephul on the morning of September 27 on the occasion of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. The two ministers exchanged views on ways to...

Sep 28,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- MIKTA Foreign Ministers Adopt Special Communiqué on Occasion of 80th Anniversary of United Nations -Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun chaired the 28th MIKTA Foreign Ministers’ Meeting at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, in New York, on the occasion of the 80th United Nat...

Sep 27,2025

Bank of Korea

□ The Composite Business Sentiment Index (CBSI) for all industries for September 2025 was 91.6, up 0.6 points from the previous month, but that for the outlook for the following month fell by 3.3 points to 88.5. ― In the manufacturing sector, the CBSI for September 2025 was 93...

Sep 26,2025