South Korea

BMI View: We maintain our above-consensus 4.7% GDP growth forecast for 2008 in spite of the growing macroeconomic woes in the form of decade-high inflation and continued pressure... 2008-07-01

BMI View: Pyongyang's long-awaited nuclear declaration, submitted on June 26, effectively lets the regime off the hook on a number of sensitive issues. Most significantly, North Korea... 2008-06-27

Street protests against the resumption of beef imports from the US turned violent over the weekend of June 28 and 29, underlining the growing tensions within South Korean politics... 2008-06-01

BMI View: We see mounting threats to macroeconomic stability as concerns about FX borrowing could spur a further sell-off of the won, which would only exacerbate the current inflationary... 2008-05-30

The National Assembly held a parliamentary hearing on May 12-13 to discuss the so-called KORUS free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, of which President Lee Myung-bak is seeking... 2008-05-13

Tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen in the past month as Pyongyang tested short-range missiles and expelled South Koreans from the inter-Korean business zone in Kaesong. We... 2008-04-11

BMI View GDP growth in 2007 came in at 4.9%, slightly below our 5.0% forecast. We maintain our 5.1% forecast for 2008, but acknowledge considerable downside risks as South Korean... 2008-04-11