Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tangible Progress toward Successful APEC 2025
- Third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM3) Held in Incheon -1. The Third Senior Officials’ Meeting and Related Meetings (SOM3) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was held from July 26 to August 15 in Incheon, presided over by Ambassador Yoon Seong-mee, Chair of th...
Aug 15,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea’s ICT Exports Surge 14.4% in July
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Science and ICT announced on August 14 that Korea’s exports of ICT goods in July 2025 climbed 14.5 percent year-on-year to USD 22.2 billion, while imports grew 9.8 percent to $13.3 billion. The trade balance rec...
Aug 14,2025
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Korea’s Shipbuilding Takes Another Leap with MASGA Project
[Naming Ceremony of LNG Carriers]
Korea’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jung-kwan attended the naming ceremony for two very large liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers on Thursday, August 14, 2025, at Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje Shipyard in Gyeongsangnam-do, K...
Aug 14,2025
Bank of Korea
Issuance of APEC 2025 KOREA Commemorative Coins
□ Two commemorative coins will be issued on September 9, 2025, to celebrate the hosting of the APEC 2025 in Korea, to elevate the Republic of Korea’s economic and diplomatic stature, and to reaffirm the value of cooperation among APEC members.
ㅇ Price: 83,500 won for sin...
Aug 14,2025
Bank of Korea
Export/Import Price Indexes and Trade Indexes - July 2025(preliminary)
□ The Export Price Index (KRW basis) increased 1.0 percent from the previous month.
o The index decreased 4.3 percent over the last 12 months.
□ The Import Price Index (KRW basis) increased 0.9 percent from the previous month.
o It decreased 5.9 percent over the last 1...
Aug 14,2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires to Korea, and Members of National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee Visit Ulsan Shipyard (August 13) - A New Leap in ROK–U.S. Cooperation Witnessed at the Heart of the Shipbuilding Industry -
1. On the morning of August 13 (Wed.), Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun, together with Joseph Yun, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy, Kim Seok-ki, Chair of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, Kim Gi-hyeon, Chair of the Special Committee for ...
Aug 13,2025