South Korea economy

Pyongyang's Threats Start to Show in South Korea's Economy

EghtesadOnline: While investors in South Korea have shrugged off threats of war for years, limited but potentially telling signs of economic harm are starting to show this time as Kim Jong Un…
2017-09-05 05:32
South Korea will stabilize markets if needed: vice finance minister

EghtesadOnline: South Korea's vice finance minister on Saturday said the government will take measures to stabilize markets as needed against any volatility that could arise from the Constitutional…
2017-03-11 12:26
South Korea 2017 budget focuses on job creation, spending up modestly

EghtesadOnline: South Korea will focus on creating more jobs and increase spending modestly next year, while seeking out new sources of economic growth, the finance ministry said on Tuesday as…
2016-08-30 07:32
After building boom, South Korea girds for housing glut

EghtesadOnline: In Yongin, a satellite city south of Seoul, orange construction cranes are racing to build gleaming new high-rises, but realtor Kim Woong-jib says he is pointing would-be apartment…
2016-08-29 07:01