South Korea

South Korea will remain in fine fiscal health this year, with a large budget surplus and low public debt. BMI View: This does not mean the country will be fiscally flawless. Discretionary... 2004-03-19

South Korean politics, rather than economics, is perhaps the biggest source of risk for any potential investor in the country at present. Bribery allegations continue to ensnare both... 2004-02-24

On the surface, the financial frailty of South Korea's credit-card companies suggests sovereign risk has increased sharply in the North East Asian country. BMI View: It has not. The... 2004-02-20

South Korea's leaders will continue during the next 12 months to beat the drum of electoral probity and remain insistent about the sincerity of their plans to clean up money-politics.... 2004-02-20