Bank of Korea

□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of July 2025 amounted to 411.3 billion dollars. ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 365.1 billion dollars (88.8%), deposits of 21.3 billion dollars (5.2%), SDRs of 15.7 billion dollars (...

Aug 05,2025

Statistics Korea

□ The Consumer Price Index was 116.52(2020=100) in July 2025. The index increased 0.2 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.1 percent from the same month of the previous year. ◦ The index excluding food and energy was 113.47 in July 2025. The index increased 0.3 percen...

Aug 05,2025

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

APEC Economies Gather for the 10th APEC Food Security Ministerial Meeting to Achieve Food Security and Innovate Agri-food Systems in the RegionSejong, 5 August 2025 — The 10th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Food Security Ministerial Meeting (FSMM) will be held on 1...

Aug 05,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

- High-level officials of the member economies, such as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from the U.S., take part, furthering regional cooperation in the Asia-Pacific - Ministers adopt a declaration that sets out a shared vision for AI and dig...

Aug 04,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

- A Ten-Day Journey into Korea’s Economic, Social and Foreign Policies -1. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will host the 6th Next Generation Korea Experts Workshop from Monday, August 4 to Thursday, August 14. This year’s program will bring together 47 international studen...

Aug 04,2025

Cultural Heritage Administration

Can Waste Become Archaeological Data? International Conference on "World Archaeology: Archaeology of Landfills"- Highlighting Future Heritage through Environmental Archaeology : From Neolithic Shell Middens to the Atari Burial Site (August 8, President Hotel, Seoul) -The National...

Aug 04,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

- Chosen by all 21 member economies as the region’s top researcher under 40 The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister Bae Kyunghoon) and the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) announced on July 23, 2025 that Professor Baek Min-kyun...

Aug 04,2025

Ministry of Science and ICT

- First minister appointed by the new administration visits Seoul Biohub—the capital’s life-science innovation base—to kick off on-site engagements - MSIT convenes a roundtable with leading experts to shape Korea’s AI-Bio future.- MSIT will develop a Nati...

Aug 04,2025

Statistics Korea

○ The online shopping transaction value marked 21.8977 trillion won in June 2025, rising 1.8% from June 2024. ○ The mobile shopping transaction value marked 17.0339 trillion won in June 2025, rising 4.6% from June 2024. ※ For more information, refer to the attached file

Aug 01,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced that the 42nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Automotive Dialogue (AD)* will be held from Friday, August 1 to Saturday, August 2 at Songdo ConvensiA in Incheon, Korea, in connection with APEC 2025. Establis...

Aug 01,2025