South Korea

South Korea's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate rose from 3.4% in August to 3.7% in September, on target for our end-2010 unemployment rate forecast of 3.9%. On the whole, the weakening... 2010-10-29

BMI View: South Korea's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate declined from 3.7% in July to 3.4% in August. However, the decline was due in part to a lower participation rate,... 2010-09-30

There have been some recent signs of easing tensions on the Korean peninsula. South Korea has offered to send aid to its flood-stricken northern neighbour, while North Korea initiated... 2010-09-30

BMI View: Kim Jong Un's promotion to the rank of General is an important first step towards his eventual succession, but it is far from clear that he will attain supreme power when... 2010-09-28

BMI View: The Bank Of Korea (BoK) froze the interest rate at 2.25% during its September rate meeting, in line with our long-held dovish view of very gradual monetary normalisation... 2010-09-13

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's large-scale cabinet reshuffle has been dealt a strong blow, with three key nominees withdrawing their names following allegations of misconduct.... 2010-09-03

In line with our expectations, South Korea's unemployment rate rose to 3.7% in July, up from 3.5% in June. However, we are not overly concerned as the increase is largely due to the... 2010-09-03

South Korea's industrial production expanded for the twelfth consecutive month. Output grew by 16.9% y-o-y and 1.4% m-o-m in June, following revised growth figures of 21.7%y-o-y and... 2010-08-02

BMI View: In line with our expectations, the Bank of Korea (BoK) kicked off Q310 with a 25bps interest rate hike. With Q210 real GDP coming in at an impressive 1.5% q-o-q, we see... 2010-07-27

South Korea's Q210 real GDP growth figure beat expectations, coming in at 5.9% on seasonally-adjusted annualised basis. Despite the strong outturn, we expect the pace of growth to... 2010-07-26