Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

18 Traditional Korean Alcoholic Beverages of the Most Excellent Quality for 2025Sejong, 8 August 2025 — On 4 August, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT) announced 18 winners at the 2025 K-Sool...

Aug 08,2025

Cultural Heritage Administration

 “The Asia Cooperation Program onConservation Science” Marks 20 Yearsand Goes Global -The NRICH to Announce Expansion of International Exchanges andBeneficiary Countries at 20th Anniversary Ceremony on August 5-On August 5th, the National Research Institute of Cultural ...

Aug 07,2025

Bank of Korea

□ During June 2025, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 14.27 billion dollars. □ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 17.29 billion dollars during June 2025. ※ Please refer to the attached files.

Aug 07,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) held the Workshop on Recent Approaches to the Domestic Regulation of Services in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region on Wednesday, August 6, at Songdo ConvensiA in Incheon, Korea, where the 3rd APEC Senior Officia...

Aug 06,2025

Ministry of Health and Welfare

APEC Health Cooperation for Ensuring Health for All   - APEC Health Working Group (HWG) Meeting held August 5–8 - - Discussions on health cooperation including digital health, community-based integrated care, and the One Health approach -   The Ministry of He...

Aug 06,2025

Ministry of the Interior and Safety

-The 2025 APEC Emergency Preparedness Meetings to be held in Songdo, Incheon, from July 30 to August 1, 2025. -Disaster management delegations from APEC member economies gather to discuss disaster risk reduction strategies for the Asia-Pacific region. ※ Please refer to th...

Aug 06,2025

Ministry of the Interior and Safety

APEC Emergency Preparedness Meetings for International Cooperation on Disaster Risk Reduction -The 2025 APEC Emergency Preparedness Meetings to be held in Songdo, Incheon, from July 30 to August 1, 2025.-Disaster management delegations from APEC member economies gather to disc...

Aug 06,2025

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

- More than 1 in 4 patients (28.7%) who visited the emergency room due to non-fatal drowning died. Particularly, the fatality rate was 51.7% among those aged 70 and older. - Analysis of non-fatal drowning trends over the past five years (2020 – 2024) shows that accidents...

Aug 05,2025

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

Ministry of Data and Statistics

□ 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