Statistics Korea
Economically Active Population Survey in September 2025
Economically active population and labor force participation rate
◦ The economically active population marked 29.788 million persons in September, which grew 324 thousand persons or 1.1%year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.0% in September, up 0.4%p ye...
Oct 17,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
MOTIR Explores Investment Cooperation with Japanese Advanced Materials, Parts, and Equipment Companies
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR, Minister Kim Jung-kwan), together with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA, President and CEO Kang Kyung-sung), hosted the Korea–Japan Investment Forum on Friday, October 17, at The Okura Tokyo. The forum ...
Oct 17,2025
Bank of Korea
Export/Import Price Indexes and Trade Indexes - September 2025(preliminary)
□ The Export Price Index (KRW basis) increased 0.6 percent from the previous month.
o The index increased 2.2 percent over the last 12 months.
□ The Import Price Index (KRW basis) increased 0.2 percent from the previous month.
o It increased 0.6 percent over the last 12 mont...
Oct 17,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea and Sweden Discuss Strategic Cooperation Amid Global Trade Shifts
Vice Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources Moon Shin-hak attended the Korea–Sweden Sustainable Partnership Summit, held at the Grand Hyatt Seoul on Thursday, October 16, as part of economic events marking the visit of Swedish Crown Princess Victoria to Korea.
The a...
Oct 16,2025
Bank of Korea
Flow of Funds during the 2nd quarter of 2025(preliminary)
□ During the second quarter of 2025, the net lending* of the total economy (combined domestic sectors) was 41.5 trillion won, representing an decrease when compared to the previous quarter (18.5 trillion won).
* Net lending/borrowing in the flow of funds accounts for a given sec...
Oct 16,2025
Bank of Korea
Monetary and Liquidity Aggregates (August 2025)
1. During August 2025, Narrow Money (M1, seasonally adjusted, period-average) increased by 1.5% compared to the previous month.
2. Broad Money (M2, seasonally adjusted, period-average) increased by 1.3%.
3. Liquidity of Financial Institutions (Lf, seasonally adjusted, perio...
Oct 15,2025
Bank of Korea
Official Foreign Reserves(September 2025)
□ Korea's official foreign reserves as of the end of September 2025 amounted to 422.0 billion dollars.
ㅇ Korea’s official foreign reserves consisted of securities valued at 378.4 billion dollars (89.7%), deposits of 18.5 billion dollars (4.4%), SDRs of 15.8 billion dolla...
Oct 10,2025
Bank of Korea
Balance of Payments during August 2025 (preliminary)
□ During August 2025, the Korean current account registered a surplus of 9.15 billion dollars.
□ Looking at the financial account, net assets increased by 7.88 billion dollars during August 2025.
※ Please refer to the attached files.
Oct 02,2025
Bank of Korea
Interest Rates (Aug 2025)
□ In August 2025, the average interest rate on new deposits was 2.49%, down 2 basis points from the previous month.
― The average interest rate on outstanding amounts of deposits as of end-August was 2.08%, down 4 basis points from the previous month.
□ In August 2025, th...
Sep 30,2025