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Implications of China’s benchmark interest rate hike

2011-02-14

On the last day of the lunar New Year’s holiday China raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.25%, sparking immediate reactions worldwide. Rapidly ...

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New trade frontiers for Korea

2011-02-07

Despite last year’s record trade surplus of over 41.2 billion dollars, Korea faces tough prospects in the coming years as China emerges as the world’s ...

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Korea’s effort to lead the fourth generation mobile communications system

2011-01-31

Korea is poised to take the lead in the mobile communication industry as it has successfully developed the world-leading fourth generation mobile ...

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Challenges seen during the first year of the comprehensive economic partnership agreement between Korea and India

2011-01-24

One year has passed since the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between Korea and India went into effect on January 1, 2010. Akin to ...

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Factors leading to the recent price hikes

2011-01-17

Korean consumers are growing nervous as grocery prices show signs of sharp inflation. Severe cold spells in North America and Europe, weather anomalies ...

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Outlook for the Korean economy in 2011

2011-01-10

Ten days have passed already in the New Year. Koreans have high hopes for a better economy this year. It’s the Year of the Rabbit, representing vitality ...

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Korea’s economic achievements in 2010 and their implications

2010-12-27

With the year 2010 winding down, it’s time to take stock of the past twelve months and make projections for the coming year. As the global economy slowly ...

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Korean stock market’s resurgence

2010-12-20

Good news heralded from the Korean stock market last week. Tuesday’s market closed at 2009.05 points, 12.46 points higher than the previous day, ...

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The recently finalized Korea-U.S. free trade agreement

2010-12-13

South Korea and the United States finally struck a deal on December 3rd that resolved the remaining issues of a bilateral trade accord. The finalized ...

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Korea’s new export outlook as the country gears up to reach 1 trillion dollars in exports

2010-12-06

Going into the last month of 2010, Korea is summing up its economic performance of the past year and has found that the country has once again broken ...

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