Statistics Korea
Online Shopping in January 2025
○ The online shopping transaction value marked 21.8674 trillion won in January 2025, rising 1.3% from January 2024.
○ The mobile shopping transaction value marked 17.2717 trillion won in January 2025, rising 5.9% from January 2024.
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Mar 05,2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) Principals’ Meeting in Toronto
MSP Partners: Republic of Korea, Australia, Canada, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and the European Commission.Today, the partners of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) conve...
Mar 05,2025
Bank of Korea
Gross National Income: Fourth Quarter and Annual 2024 (Preliminary)
◈ Real gross domestic product (real GDP, chained volume measure of GDP) increased by 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter, consistent with the figure given in the advance estimate.
◈ Real gross national income (real GNI) increased by 1.3% in th...
Mar 05,2025
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Korea’s Average Tariff Rate on U.S. Imports is Close to 0%
After U.S. President Donald Trump stated in his address to a joint session of Congress on March 4 (local time) that Korea’s average tariff rate is four times higher than that of the U.S., multiple media outlets reported on the comment.
Under the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (...
Mar 05,2025
Ministry of Economy and Finance
A 50 Trillion KRW High-Tech Strategic Industry Fund to be Established
On March 5th (Wednesday), the government finalized and announced the “Plan for Establishing a High-Tech Strategic Industry Fund (tentative name) to Enhance Future Industrial Competitiveness” during a Ministerial Meeting on National Affairs, Ministerial Meeting on Economic Affai...
Mar 05,2025
Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
MPVA and Overseas Koreans Agency Unite to Promote a Global Culture of Honor
- On Thursday, the 6th, at 3 PM, Minister Kang Jung-ai and Commissioner Lee Sangdeok will sign a Memorandum of Understanding MOU at National Memorial of the Korean Provisional Government.- The partnership focuses on supporting education on patriots and veterans, preserving and ut...
Mar 04,2025
Ministry of Health and Welfare
APEC Advances Discussions on Future Health Cooperation
APEC Advances Discussions on Future Health Cooperation
- APEC 2025 Korea SOM1 HWG Meeting Held Under the Theme
“Ensuring Health for All for a Sustainable Tomorrow” -
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW, Minister Cho KyooHong) and the Korea Dis...
Mar 04,2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Soh Changrok and Kim Miyeon Elected Chairs of UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
- Mr. Soh Changrok has been elected Chair of the Human Rights Committee and Ms. Kim Miyeon Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. -- Their elections, along with Korea’s membership on the UN Human Rights Council for the 2025–2027 term, are expected to h...
Mar 04,2025