South Korea News News South Korea » Finance: S Korea to leverage economic network to address trade risks: finance minister
South Korea will leverage its existing economic cooperation network built through summit diplomacy to address lingering uncertainties in the global trade environment, including geopolitical tensions ...
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea's market sell-off sparks investor fears in ETFs
In the latest installment of Yahoo Finance's ETF Report, VettaFi investment strategist Cinthia Murphy assesses the impact that the sell-off in South Korean markets — the KOSPI (^KS11) — has had in the ...
News South Korea » Finance: S. Korea gov't revises up 2026 growth outlook to 3 pct on chip supercycle
The South Korean government on Tuesday revised up its economic growth projection for 2026 to 3 percent, up 1 percentage point from its previous outlook, citing a semiconductor supercycle.
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea to modify 76-year-old law to classify cryptocurrencies as national assets
From tokenized public spending trials to government bond pilots, the state is aggressively pushing public finance onto distributed ledgers.
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea to ease FX rules for foreigners to trade won easier
South Korea laid out a detailed plan to make the won freely tradable among foreigners, its boldest step yet to liberalise the forex market and bring the currency closer to full convertibility. The ...
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea to expand use of won-denominated bonds for foreign investors
SEOUL: South Korea's finance ministry on Sunday (July 19) said it plans to allow foreign financial institutions to borrow in won through temporary overdrafts and allow them to use won-denominated ...
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea finance minister, trade envoy to hold 2+2 trade talks with U.S. counterparts
South Korea's new finance minister and the country's top trade envoy will meet with U.S. counterparts on Friday for talks on U.S. tariffs, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Tuesday. The country's ...
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea lifts 2026 growth forecast on AI-driven chip demand
South Korea raised its 2026 economic growth forecast to 3% on the back of sustained demand for artificial intelligence, with the government citing the country's booming semiconductor industry as a key ...
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea plans Digital Asset Basic Act to bring crypto into its national asset framework
South Korea's Digital Asset Basic Act would regulate crypto issuance, trading, and custody while enabling spot Bitcoin ETFs and tokenized government bonds.
News South Korea » Finance: South Korea details plan to make won freely tradable abroad
South Korea laid out a detailed plan to make the won freely tradable among foreigners, its boldest step yet to liberalise the foreign-exchange market.
News South Korea » Finance: Vietnam, South Korea deepen financial cooperation through fintech
Building on decades of expanding trade and investment ties, Vietnam and South Korea are looking to deepen financial cooperation in areas including capital markets, financial technology (fintech), ...
News South Korea » Finance: Korail greenlights domestic EMU-320 fleet to retire South Korea's TGV-derived KTX trains
South Korea high-speed rail: Korail has cleared a 5 trillion won ($3.3 billion) feasibility study for 49 EMU-320 trains from Hyundai Rotem, replacing the TGV-derived KTX-I fleet from 2032 with 320 ...