Ministry of Foreign Affairs

First Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC 2025 Successfully Held in Gyeongju1. From February 24 to March 9, the First Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM1) and related meetings of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2025 were successfully held in Gyeongju, Korea, led by APEC SOM Ch...

Mar 09,2025

Ministry of Economy and Finance

The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF), the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the Bank of Korea (BOK), and the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) held the Foreign Exchange (FX) Stability Council* at the Korea Center for International Finance on Friday, March 7th (Chair: F...

Mar 09,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

- MSIT, Oxford University, and Demos Release a Report on Advancing Digital Rights The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister Yoo Sang-im) and the National Information Society Agency (NIA, President Hwang Jong-sung) have announced the publication of the report "Advancing Di...

Mar 07,2025

Bank of Korea

□ Depository corporations increased their industrial lending by 3.3 trillion won in the fourth quarter of 2024. ※ Please refer to attached files.

Mar 07,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

Minister of Science and ICT (MSIT) Yoo Sang-im convened a meeting at the National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST) on Monday, February 24, with the heads of 22 government-funded research institutes (GRIs). The meeting aimed to reaffirm the commitment of GRI...

Mar 07,2025

Bank of Korea

□ During January 2025, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 2.94 billion dollars. □ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 3.72 billion dollars during January 2025. ※ Please refer to attached files.

Mar 07,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy delegation (led by Jong-chul Kim, Director-General for Trade Cooperation) visited Jakarta, Indonesia from March 6 to March 7 to attend the kickoff meeting of the ASEAN-ROK Think Tank Dialogue on Economic and Trade Policy (AKTD) and the o...

Mar 07,2025

Ministry of SMEs and Startups

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        March 7, 2025                                      MSS Expresses Strong Commi...

Mar 07,2025

Statistics Korea

□ The Consumer Price Index was 116.08(2020=100) in February 2025. The index increased 0.3 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.0 percent from the same month of the previous year. ◦ The index excluding food and energy was 112.29 in February 2025. The index increased 0....

Mar 06,2025

Bank of Korea

□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of February 2025 amounted to 409.2 billion dollars. ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 357.4 billion dollars (87.3%), deposits of 28.0 billion dollars (6.8%), SDRs of 14.8 billion dolla...

Mar 06,2025