South Korea

South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has invited Japanese Emperor Akihito to attend the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea in Seoul next year. The move is aimed at... 2009-10-05

BMI View: Reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has halted preparations for his third son Kim Jong Un to succeed him raise new uncertainties about the country's future leadership.... 2009-10-01

We reiterate our positive view of the Korean won, which we added to our mock portfolio on August 4

BMI View: North Korea is currently pursuing improved relations with the South and the US, following recent conciliatory gestures by all sides. However, the rapprochement is likely... 2009-09-02

In the time since the latest revision to our growth forecast (mid-July), the signs of recovery in South Korea have continued to build, with many leading and coincident indicators... 2009-08-27

President Lee Myung-bak has announced plans to replace several ministry heads as part of an effort to re-orient his agenda towards issues centered on national unity and welfare for... 2009-08-27

In order to account for the impact of declining public expenditure growth in H209, we have revised down our full year target for the fiscal deficit from KRW330trn to KRW280trn. We... 2009-08-27

Both industrial and services output showed signs of a strong rebound June, reinforcing our recently upgraded 2009 growth forecast of -1.9%. While we acknowledge that the consensus... 2009-07-31

Having witnessed a sustained improvement in a number of macroeconomic variables over the past months, we have decided to raise our 2009 and 2010 real GDP growth forecasts to -1.9%... 2009-07-30

Although there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that South Korea is now beyond the worst of the economic downturn, we reiterate previous warnings about the slow, and somewhat... 2009-07-02