Statistics Korea
Online Shopping in June 2025
○ The online shopping transaction value marked 21.8977 trillion won in June 2025, rising 1.8% from June 2024.
○ The mobile shopping transaction value marked 17.0339 trillion won in June 2025, rising 4.6% from June 2024.
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Aug 01,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea's Exports Rise 5.9% in July
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced on August 1 that Korea’s exports and imports for the month of July 2025 increased 5.9 percent to USD 60.8 billion and 0.7 percent to $54.2 billion year-on-year, respectively. The trade balance stood at a surplus o...
Aug 01,2025
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Lowering Regulatory Barriers by Drone Special Free Zones Nationwide
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) has designated Drone Special Free Zones on 29 July for its third time*, aimed at accelerating commercialization of drone service models and expanding the foundation for drone technology demonstrations, significantly incr...
Jul 31,2025
Statistics Korea
The Index of Services in June 2025
□ In June, the Index of Services went up by 0.5% month-on-month owing to the rise in 'Financial and insurance activities‘ and 'Professional, scientific and technical activities' in spite of the drop in 'Human health and social work activities’.
❍ In June, the Index...
Jul 31,2025
Statistics Korea
Monthly Industrial Statistics, June 2025
1. Production Trend
□ The Index of All industry production in June increased by 1.2 percent from the previous month.
□ The Index of All industry production in June increased by 0.8 percent from the same period of the previous year.
□ The Manufacturing Production Index in ...
Jul 31,2025
Ministry of Science and ICT
Korea to Invest KRW 136.3 Billion to Advance AI for Media and Broadcasting
- IDigital Media Innovation Technology Development Project passes the preliminary feasibility study
The Ministry of Science and ICT (“MSIT”; Minister Yoo Sang-Im) announced that the Digital Media Innovation Technology Development Project, planned in collaborati...
Jul 30,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea’s retail industry grows 7.8% in H1 2025
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced today that Korea’s retail industry gained 7.8 percent year-on-year in the first half (H1) of 2025, with offline sales declining 0.1 percent and online sales advancing 15.8 percent.
MOTIE's monthly retail sale...
Jul 30,2025
Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Maldo Lighthouse to be Transformed into a “Lighthouse Marine Culture Space”
Selection of Maldo Lighthouse in Gunsan-si in the first public contest for the Lighthouse Marine Culture Space development project
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Chun Jae-soo) announced that it selected Maldo Lighthouse submitted by Jeonbuk State and G...
Jul 30,2025