Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Minister for Trade, Industry and Energy Dukgeun Ahn of the Republic of Korea chaired the third Global Trade Strategy Meeting today in Seoul with the participation of relevant experts and representatives of economic groups and major industries including semiconductors, automobiles...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea launched the Overseas Certification Trends 2024 (“Trends 2024”) on October 31 at the Seoul Trade Exhibition Center (SETEC) together ...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1. On Thursday, October 31, 2024, the Joint Government Site Inspection Team visited Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, -- the host city for the 2025 APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) -- to review the progress in preparations for next year’s APEC meetings.2. At the third meeting of t...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Economy and Finance

The Ministry of Economy and Finance plans to issue Korea Treasury Bonds worth approximately 6,100 billion won in November 2024 through competitive bidding.   Auction Schedule, November 2024 (Unit: KRW billion) Name Auction Notice Auction Date Settlement Date Issue D...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Economy and Finance

Statistics Korea released 'Monthly Industrial Statistics, September 2024' report on October 31, 2024. The Index of All industry production in September decreased by 0.3 percent from the previous month. Please refer to the attached pdf for the full report.

Oct 31,2024

Financial Services Commission

Vice Chairman Kim Soyoung of the Financial Services Commission visited Frankfurt, Germany and Vilnius, Lithuania from October 28 to November 1 in order to seek stronger financial cooperation with the European countries following bilateral summit meetings held in 2023. Meetin...

Oct 31,2024

Financial Services Commission

The Korea Financial Intelligence Unit (KoFIU) conducted a survey on 21 registered virtual asset service providers (VASPs) to assess the current state of the domestic virtual asset market and keep relevant statistics up to date. Survey Overview (Respondents)  21 VAS...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Economy and Finance

In September, the entire industry production experienced an adjustment (-0.3%, m-o-m), mainly due to ongoing weakness in the construction sector (-0.1%, m-o-m) and a correction in mining and manufacturing production (-0.2%, m-o-m) following a significant rebound the previous mont...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Environment

▷ National Institute of Environmental Research hosts the 7th International Microplastics Symposium 2024The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER, President Kum Hanseung) under the Ministry of Environment will hold the 7th International Microplastics Symposium 20...

Oct 31,2024

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Deputy Minister for Trade Park Jong-won at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea met the U.S. economic delegation led by the U.S.-Asia Institute (USAI) today and discussed measures for wider bilateral trade and deeper cooperation in bio and o...

Oct 30,2024