Ministry of Economy and Finance
Korea’s OFDI, 2024 Full Year
Korea’s OFDI by year
(US $billion, %, y-o-y)
Korean OFDI
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Annual
Amount invested
58.21
76.92
81.70
65.15
16.45
16.00
14.29
17.21
63.95
Change (%)
-11.5
32.1
6.2
-20.3
-7.0
-0...
Mar 14,2025
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Acting President Choi Sang-mok Met with the S&P Annual Consultation Team
Acting President and Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok met with the annual consultation team from the global credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) on March 14th at the Government Complex-Seoul. During the meeting, they discussed the current economic situation in Korea an...
Mar 14,2025
Bank of Korea
Financial Market Trends in February 2025
▣ 3-year Treasury bond yields fluctuated within a narrow range as downward factors, such as concerns about an economic slowdown, clashed with upward factors, including the potential expansion of Treasury bond issuance and perceptions of overvaluation.
▣ The KOSPI rose substan...
Mar 12,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea and Mongolia bolster full life cycle cooperation for rare metals
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea held the second Korea-Mongolia Rare Metals Cooperation Joint Committee (“Committee”) meeting today in Seoul to boost bilateral cooperation for rare metals supply chains.
The Committee is ...
Mar 12,2025
Statistics Korea
Economically Active Population Survey in February 2025
[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.119 million persons in February, which grew 161 thousand persons or 0.6% year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 63.7% in February, up 0.1%p ...
Mar 12,2025