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Recent South Korean data indicates a K-shaped recovery may be afoot. While the economy remains heavily reliant on the robust semiconductor demand, activity in other sectors has been minimal. This disconnect could constrain policymakers, as pursuing aggressively accommodative macro policies may exacerbate financial and fiscal instability.
The artificial intelligence trade helped make South Korea great again as the Kospi stocks surged 76% in 2025. The market also got an important assist from political stability. Since taking office on June 4, President Lee Jae Myung has restored calm to a nation thrown into turmoil following the impeachment and removal of predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol.
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(New Year special) S Korea to boost economic growth with AI, chips in 2026 amid global trade uncertainties
With global economic uncertainties widely expected to continue weighing down Asia's fourth-largest economy in 2026, South Korea will seek to weather the challenges by leveraging its semiconductor industry amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) boom,
South Korea's factory activity expanded in December, after two months of contraction, on a rebound in export demand, a private-sector survey showed on Friday, with manufacturers' optimism surging to a 3-1/2-year high.
(Bloomberg) -- South Korea’s economy continued to sputter last quarter after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law battered consumer confidence just as businesses and policymakers were already fretting about the possibility ...
South Korea’s Exports Stronger Than Expected in December; Set Annual Record in 2025
A persistent labor-time gap reflects deeper features of Korea’s economic model rather than cultural habits alone.
SEOUL, April 24 (UPI) --South Korea's economy unexpectedly contracted in the first quarter of the year, the country's central bank said Thursday, amid political turmoil at home and global uncertainty around the tariff scheme proposed by U.S. President ...
China and South Korea had a shared responsibility for regional stability and should make the "correct strategic choice", President Xi Jinping told his South Korean counterpart Lee Jae Myung on Monday,
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