Financial Services Commission

The Financial Services Commission announced the designation of comprehensive financial investment business entities (CFIBEs) at the 20th regular meeting held on November 19. The FSC decided to designate Korea Investment & Securities and Mirae Asset Securities as CFIBEs w...

Nov 19,2025

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs

The ROK Awarded a Korean Version of Michelin Star to Seven Excellent Korean Restaurants in Singapore, Los Angeles, and ParisSejong, 19 November 2025 — On 17 November, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and the Korean Food Promotion Institute (KFPI) a...

Nov 19,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources

The opening ceremony for Graphene Square’s new Pohang plant—one of the region’s key relocated enterprises—was held on Tuesday, November 18, in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Graphene Square is the world’s first company to commercialize mass-synthesis...

Nov 18,2025

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

- Discussions on policy and technology cooperation in terrestrial navigation with the UK and France in Seoul beginning November 11 The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Chun Jae-soo) announced that it would be holding a meeting of the standardization working gro...

Nov 18,2025

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

- Following Indonesia, holding the first cooperation event for the marine plant service industry in Vietnam on November 5-6 The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Chun Jae-soo) announced that it would be holding the first cooperation event for Offshore Plant Servi...

Nov 18,2025

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

- Operation of the 2025 K-Seafood Global Weeks from Saturday, November 1 to Saturday, November 29 The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Chun Jae-soo) announced that it would be holding the 2025 K-Seafood Global Weeks from Saturday, November 1 to Saturday, November ...

Nov 18,2025

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On Tuesday, November 18, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Jina met with President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) Tomas Heidar, who was visiting Korea to attend the 10th International Conference on the Law of the Sea (ICLS). During the meeting, th...

Nov 18,2025

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR, Minister Kim Jung-kwan) convened the Technical Subcommittee under the National High-Tech Strategic Industry Committee on Tuesday, November 18, and finalized the selection of 21 companies for the “Investment Fund for Mate...

Nov 18,2025

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

- Korea’s polio vaccine manufacturing facility became Asia’s first, and world’s third to receive the WHO Certificate of Containment (CC). - KDCA supports polio vaccine manufacturing facilities’ certification by operating the National Authority for Conta...

Nov 18,2025

Bank of Korea

□ Total household credits outstanding increased by 14.9 trillion won in Q3 2025 to stand at 1,968.3 trillion won as of end-Sep, with household loans totaling 1,845.0 trillion won and merchandise credits 123.3 trillion won. o Household loans increased by 12.0 trillion won dur...

Nov 18,2025