SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government on Thursday unveiled a package of measures, such as preferential interest rates and incentives, aimed at developing the domestic service industry as a new engine of growth. The measures were introduced during an economy-related ministers’ meeting held in Seoul, presided over by Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok, who [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea’s economy continues its transition toward a service-based model, a handful of industries like finance, health care and real estate have emerged as consistent drivers of expansion over the past decade, government data has revealed. Statistics Korea reported on April 5 that the nation’s service sector output increased [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to draw up a five-year development plan for the country’s service industry in line with its efforts to foster new growth engines amid protracted economic challenges, the finance minister said Friday. “Recently, various cultural and entertainment content, such as BTS and ‘Squid Game,’ have gained popularity [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is giving way to so-called ‘untact’ (no contact) services such as online shopping and delivery applications as a new alternative for the service industry. Experts argue that policy support is in order to allow new business models to settle in the market as untact services are [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — In the fourth quarter of last year, loans extended to businesses in the service sector, mostly taken out by self-employed people, rose to the largest amount ever. This seems to be the result of small wholesale and retail companies turning to loans amid sluggish domestic demand. Outstanding loans to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday that it will provide 70 trillion won (US$60.5 billion) to nurture the service sector and will speed up the process for a multibillion-dollar project to build a theme park. Hong Nam-ki, the minister of economy and finance, said development of the service industry is a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the ongoing political scandal that has been at the center of national attention for the past three months, a report by the Bank of Korea revealed that political uncertainties tend to pose negative effects mainly on consumption, capital investment, and the service industry. The BOK analyzed nine key [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has to carry out sweeping reform of the service industry as a first step to transform the manufacturing-focused economy into the service sector-led economy, a Korea-born official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday. “The South Korean economy has been steered by the manufacturing industry and [...]