Korea’s Overall Employment Situation Improved in October 2019-11-18 South Korea saw a sharp increase in the number of new jobs in October, maintaining a strong pace of job creation for the third consecutive month. The ... Listen Business Watch
RCEP Members Reach Provisional Deal 2019-11-11 On November 4th, fifteen Asia-Pacific countries, including South Korea, reached a meaningful agreement on a multilateral free trade agreement ... Listen Business Watch
Lee-Abe Meeting Raises Hopes for Easing Seoul-Tokyo Economic Conflict 2019-10-28 It’s been over 100 days since Japan enforced export restrictions on South Korea. While the drastic export curbs have not dealt a serious blow ... Listen Business Watch
Interest Rate Falls Back to Lowest 1.25% 2019-10-21 Amid growing concerns over an economic recession, the Bank of Korea lowered its benchmark interest rate to 1.25 percent last week. It was the second ... Listen Business Watch
Deflation Fears Looming 2019-10-14 The record-low consumer price level is stoking concerns over deflation in Korea, although the government argues that the recent negative inflation ... Listen Business Watch
Korea Holds 4th Trade Talks with Mercosur 2019-10-07 The South Korean government has held the fourth round of trade talks with the South American trade bloc Mercosur to seek ways to increase exports ... Listen Business Watch
Hyundai Motor to Set up Self-driving JV with Aptiv 2019-09-30 Hyundai Motor Group has decided to invest two billion US dollars to set up an autonomous driving joint venture with Aptiv, a global automotive electrical ... Listen Business Watch
New Era of Foldable Smartphones 2019-09-23 Foldable smartphones have opened a new era of mobile devices. Samsung Electronics’ much-hyped Galaxy Fold smartphone has sold out since ... Listen Business Watch
Prospects for Fed’s Rate Decision 2019-09-16 © YONHAP NewsThe eyes of the world are on the U.S. Federal Reserve, which will make a decision on its benchmark interest rate this week. Attention ... Listen Business Watch
Announcement of Price Cap Measure Generates Unintended Effect 2019-09-09 The Korean government recently announced that it will expand price ceilings on preconstruction apartment sales, which are currently imposed ... Listen Business Watch
