SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s national pension could run out of money by 2056 or 2057 if current financial conditions continue, three to four years earlier than previously projected by the government, official sources said Thursday. The government conducts reviews on the financial soundness of the National Pension Service (NPS) every five [...]
MUSCAT, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior Omani official on Tuesday proposed a preliminary deal with South Korea to create a smart city in a special economic zone in his country, the South’s prime minister said. Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said that Asa’ad bin Tariq Al Said, the Omani deputy prime minister for international [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Inflationary pressure is likely to build up in South Korea down the road due to rising oil prices, the fallout from a record heat wave and signs of increasing public utility rates, analysts here said Tuesday. Looming large are surging international crude prices, which come as a big drag [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has decided to acquire 480 billion won of debt incurred over 10 years ago by small business owners, of which most will be written off. Meanwhile, an additional 1 trillion won will be pumped into the “Make it Happen” loan program for small business owners, which was [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A tax imposed on new car owners known as the special consumption tax will be lowered temporarily until the end of the year starting with car purchases made today. For example, consumers who buy a mid-sized sedan for 20 million won will be paying 430,000 won less tax due [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Escalating global protectionism, sparked by a Sino-American trade war, has put corporate Korea in a tight spot as it is feared to take a toll on exports, a key growth engine for Asia’s fourth-largest economy, industry sources said Friday. The United States and China, the world’s two largest economies, [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the ICT sector accounted for 15.7 percent of all such M&As, falling behind other major technology-driven countries, a report from the Institute for International Trade showed Monday. According to the report, 16.2 percent of all M&As around the globe last year [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Prices of daily necessities in South Korea are going up following increased food and eating-out costs, adding to the country’s overall inflation, sources said Friday. According to the sources from the convenience store sector, tissue and battery makers have recently decided to jack up prices by up to 10 [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Eating-out expenses and prices of processed foods in South Korea have risen significantly over the past year, data showed Wednesday, in an additional burden to local consumers. According to the data from the Korea Consumer Agency, six out of the eight dishes most favored by South Koreans when eating [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A shift in the government’s Northern Economic Cooperation policy is expected as economic cooperation between the two Koreas seems more likely to materialize following the adoption of the Panmunjom Declaration. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy has initiated internal assessments to prepare for a new age of inter-Korea [...]