Japanese tourists return to Korea
Japanese tourists are coming back to Korea, as tensions on the Korean Peninsula alleviate. The photo shows Japanese tourists waiting in a line to...
Consumer sentiment rises amid improved South-North relations
A traditional market in Seoul is crowded with hungry diners. (Korea.net DB)
By Lee Yoonseo and Kim Young Shin
The Consumer Composite Sentiment Index (CCSI) rebounded in May after...
Korea, Mercosur begin trade negotiations
Authorities from Korea and South America pose for a photo during trade negotiations. From left are Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa, Paraguayan Foreign...
First-ever Korean expo held in Moscow
Visitors look at the goods on display at the 2018 Korea Brand & Entertainment Expo, in Moscow on May 14.
By Park Hye Ri and Yoon Sojung
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Korea files WTO complaint over US tariffs
Korea filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the U.S.'s safeguard tariffs on washing machines and solar energy products, the trade...
IMF predicts 3 percent growth for Korea
The IMF forecasts on April 17 that Korea’s GDP growth rate for 2018 and 2019 will be 3.0 and 2.9 percent, respectively. (Korea.net DB)
By Park...
Korea invests USD 2.2 billion in overseas aid in 2017
A volunteer for the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) teaches elementary students about sanitation and hygiene, in Cambodia in December 2017. (KOICA)
By Kim Eun-young and Sohn JiAe
Official...
Korea helps Vietnam develop call centers
Yang Gwon Mo, a general manager from the Gwangju Call Center, and a representative from the Vietnamese Social Security (VSS) bureau gather during a...
Korea to head WTO Safeguard Committee
The World Trade Organization (WTO) appointed Kwon Hyouk-woo, the head of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea in Geneva, as the chairperson...
Korea signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong (third from left) joins hands with ministers from five Central American countries at the Korea-Central America Free Trade Agreements (FTA)...
Korea, Vietnam trade continues to grow, expand
As President Moon Jae-in visits Vietnam, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Ungyu (right) and Vietnam’s Minister of Industry and Trade Tran...
Korea, Switzerland agree on KRW 11 trillion currency swap
Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan (left) and Bank of Korea Governor Lee Juyeol shake hands after signing a bilateral currency swap agreement, in...
Korea signs FTA with 5 Central American countries
Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong (third from left) joins hands with ministers from five Central American countries at the Korea-Central America Free Trade Agreements (FTA)...
Korea, Switzerland agree on KRW 11 trillion currency swap
Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan (left) and Bank of Korea Governor Lee Juyeol shake hands after signing a bilateral currency swap agreement, in...
Korea, Uzbekistan agree to expand economic cooperation
Uzbekistani President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (left) meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Strategy and Finance Kim Dong Yeon at the presidential palace in...
Korea, US hold second round of FTA negotiations
Korean negotiators headed by Deputy Minister for FTA Negotiations Yoo Myung-hee from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and U.S. negotiators led by...
Korea records 3.1 percent GDP growth in 2017: central bank
The Bank of Korea announced on Jan. 25 that Korea’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.1 percent in 2017, compared to that of...
Gov’t predicts over 4% growth in exports in 2018
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Ungyu (eighth from right) poses for a group photo with staff at Korean Air’s cargo terminal at...
OECD upgrades Korean economic growth to 3.2 percent
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) lifted Korea’s economic growth outlook for 2017 to 3.2 percent, on Nov. 28. The photo above...
Korea, Sri Lanka hold business forum, strengthen trade
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena (fifth from left), on an official state visit to Korea, poses for a group photo with attendants at a...
