South Korea
Economy
BMI View: South Korea's current account dipped into deficit in January for the first time since January 2009. The shift from a US$1.5bn surplus in December to a US$0.4bn deficit...
2010-03-04Economy
President Lee Myung-bak attended a Korea-India summit in New Delhi on January 25, in our view enhancing South Korea's regional profile. President Lee and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan...
2010-02-05Economy
BMI View: South Korea's record breaking US$42.7bn current account surplus in 2009 helped its economy bounce back from the jaws of recession. While we expect further export gains...
2010-02-05Economy
South Korea announced on December 8 that it would send 350 troops to Afghanistan to accompany 100 South Korean civilian engineers to be despatched to the war-torn country. The move...
2009-12-30Economy
The Bank of Korea (BoK) announced on November 26 that it would use a wider consumer price inflation target band for the years 2010-2012 compared to that currently used. At present,...
2009-11-27Economy
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) won legislative by-elections in late October, defeating the ruling Grand National Party (GNP). DP candidates Lee Chan Yeol, Kim...
2009-10-29Economy
BMI View: A new summit between the two Koreas, rumoured to be under discussion, would be symbolically important, but we would not expect it to persuade the North to denuclearise....
2009-10-29
