Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea-Vietnam Plus Joint Working Group seeks wider trade and investment
Director General for International Trade Relations Kim Jong-chul at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea and Vietnam’s Asia-Africa Market Director General Do Quoc Hung at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) headed their respectiv...
Feb 07,2025
Bank of Korea
Balance of Payments during December 2024 (preliminary)
□ During December 2024, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 12.37 billion dollars. There was also a 99.04 billion dollar surplus for the year 2024 as a whole.
□ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 9.38 billion dollars during December, and...
Feb 06,2025
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Measures to Improve Airport Safety
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister PARK Sang-woo) announced the measures to improve safety state over
the domestic airports, including their localizers and so forth, after conducting two times of sweeping safety inspections for 14 airports
n...
Feb 05,2025
Statistics Korea
Consumer Price Index in January 2025
□ The Consumer Price Index was 115.71(2020=100) in January 2025. The index increased 0.7 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.2 percent from the same month of the previous year.
◦ The index excluding food and energy was 112.14 in January 2025. The index increased 0.5 pe...
Feb 05,2025
Bank of Korea
Official Foreign Reserves(January 2025)
Korea's Official Foreign Reserves
(As of the end of January 2024)
□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of January 2025 amounted to 411.0 billion dollars.
ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 362.0 billion dollars (88.1%), d...
Feb 05,2025
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Consumer Price Index, January 2025
The Consumer Price Index was 115.71 (2020=100) in January 2025.
The index increased 0.7 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.2 percent from the same month of the previous year.
Please refer to the attached pdf for the full report.
Feb 05,2025