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June 20, 2018 Economy

Concerns rising over industrial hollowing-out

Concerns are growing over the possible hollowing-out of Korea’s key manufacturing industries as local companies rush to move factories to countries with better conditions to detour anti-business poli...

Job data heighten calls for policy shift

Calls are growing for President Moon Jae-in’s administration to readjust its income-led growth policy, which experts say has been only worsening unemployment and low-income households’ livelihoods. ...

June 18, 2018
Economy
Korea needs a boost to domestic demand

With the prospects for Korea’s exports in the coming years dimming, there is increased pressure to expand domestic demand, particularly by promoting service industries through drastic deregulation. ...

June 13, 2018
Economy
Weak manufacturing increases employment woes

Korea is lagging behind in global competition to enhance the productivity and employment of manufacturing industries, experts here say. Asia’s fourth-largest economy saw its manufacturing sector’s p...

June 11, 2018
Economy
Prospect of Korea’s exports being dimmed

Concerns are growing over the long-term prospects for Korea’s exports, which have supported its economic growth in recent years amid sluggish domestic demand and industrial activity. Mainly on the b...

May 30, 2018
Economy
Dispute rising over pace, effect of minimum wage hike

The parliamentary move to revise the labor act to expand the scope of the minimum wage marks a rare legislative step that works against the interests of waged workers in the country. Under an agreem...

May 28, 2018
Economy
[Kim Kyung-ho] Moon lost on path to growth

In view of his publicized remarks, there seems to be no reason to doubt President Moon Jae-in’s will to push for innovation-driven growth by lifting regulations. On several occasions in the past mon...

May 23, 2018
Columnists
Different economic diagnoses confuse markets

Key economic officials have recently expressed different views on the performance of the Korean economy, leaving market watchers confused about their intended policy direction. (Yonhap) Last week s...

May 21, 2018
Economy
Concerns rise ahead of reduced workweek implementation

Concerns are deepening that the planned implementation of reduced work hours unaccompanied by specific guidelines and supplementary measures will add to difficulties faced by local companies, pushing...

May 16, 2018
Economy
Korea not immune from emerging market instability

Korea is unlikely to be significantly affected by the spreading financial instability in emerging market countries but it must not let its guard down, analysts say. There are growing concerns that c...

May 14, 2018
Economy
Korean economy losing growth momentum

Recent economic data have pointed to the weakening vitality of the Korean economy, raising questions about the possibility it will grow more than 3 percent this year as predicted by policymakers. Th...

May 9, 2018
Economy
Moon failing to deliver on economic promises

A year into his five-year term, President Moon Jae-in is finding public support for his economic policies far lower than his high approval ratings. A survey of 1,002 Korean adults conducted by Gallu...

May 7, 2018
Economy
Infrastructure budget cuts raise concerns

With a thaw in inter-Korean relations raising expectations for possible infrastructure projects in the North, concerns are growing over decreasing budgets set aside to build and refurbish social over...

April 30, 2018
Economy
Korea’s worsening unemployment goes against global trend

Korea’s unemployment problem has continued to worsen in recent years, with all other major economies seeing their job markets tightening in keeping with robust growth. According to data from Statist...

April 25, 2018
Economy
Strengthening won cushions rate reversal with US

Concerns over the possibility of capital outflow amid a widening gap between interest rates in Korea and the US are being eased by the strengthening of the won against the dollar. Earlier this month...

April 23, 2018
Economy

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