SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports rose 6.1 percent in 2022 from a year earlier to reach an all-time high, but it suffered the largest ever trade deficit on high global energy prices, the industry ministry said Sunday. The country is forecast to see a 4.5 percent fall in exports in 2023 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports rose 25.8 percent in 2021 from the previous year to reach an all-time high on the back of solid demand for chips and petroleum products amid a global economic recovery, the industry ministry said Saturday. Outbound shipments stood at US$644.54 billion last year, compared with $512.5 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — While the alleged development of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea is keeping the military on alert, Donald Trump’s allusions to a possible termination of the Korea – U.S. Free Trade Agreement is keeping the nation’s economy in a similar state. In the latest stream of news either decrying [...]