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S. Korea Logs Trade Surplus in Intellectual Property Rights in 2023

S. Korea Logs Trade Surplus in Intellectual Property Rights in 2023

SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea posted a trade surplus in intellectual property rights (IPRs) in 2023, partly due to trade surplus in copyrights, central bank data showed Wednesday. The country’s cross-border IPR trade surplus stood at US$180 million last year, compared with a shortfall of $1.11 billion a year earlier, according to [...]

S. Korea’s Trade Surplus with the U.S. Drops 17 pct in 2017: Data

S. Korea’s Trade Surplus with the U.S. Drops 17 pct in 2017: Data

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s trade surplus with the United States dropped 17 percent on-year in 2017, despite the fact that no changes have yet been made to the free trade pact that Washington claims unfairly favors Seoul, market watchers said Sunday, citing official data. Observers said trade numbers released by the [...]

South Korean Analysts Find Dismantling KORUS FTA Advantageous for South Korea

South Korean Analysts Find Dismantling KORUS FTA Advantageous for South Korea

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 [...]