| Number |
Subject |
Publisher |
Date |
| 828 |
Consumer Price Index in April 2025 NEW
□ The Consumer Price Index was 116.38(2020=100) in April 2025. The index increased 0.1 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.1 percent from the same month of the previous year.
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Statistics Korea
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2025.05.09
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| 827 |
Sale of Virtual Assets by Non-profit Corporations and Exchanges will be Allowed From June NEW
- The virtual asset committee finalized the guidelines on sale of virtual assets by non-profit corporations and virtual asset exchanges, including permission on the issuance of real-name account for the purpose of virtual asset disposal and requirements to prevent money laundering and conflicts of interests.
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Financial Services Commission
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2025.05.09
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| 826 |
Household Loans, March 2025
In March 2025, the outstanding balance of household loans across all financial sectors edged up KRW0.4 trillion (preliminary), growing at a slower rate compared with the previous month (up KRW4.2 trillion).
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Financial Services Commission
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2025.04.17
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| 825 |
Economically Active Population Survey in March 2025
Economically active population and labor force participation rate
Employed persons and employment to population ratio
Unemployed persons and unemployment rate
Economically inactive population
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Statistics Korea
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2025.04.17
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| 824 |
FSC Introduces Plans to Improve Competitiveness of Corporate Financing by Securities Businesses
The Financial Services Commission announced plans to improve the competitiveness of corporate financing by securities businesses on April 9. Under the newly introduced plans, comprehensive financial investment business entities (“CFIBEs” hereinafter) will be subject to increased credit granting limits for corporate financing and required to supply 25 percent of capital raised from promissory notes and investment management account (IMA) for venture capital.
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Financial Services Commission
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2025.04.10
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| 823 |
Economically Active Population Survey in March 2025
[Economically active population and labor force participation rate]
◦ The economically active population marked 29.507 million persons in March, which grew 220 thousand persons or 0.8 year-on-year.
◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 64.6 in March, up 0.3p year-on-year.
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Statistics Korea
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2025.04.10
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| 822 |
FSC Introduces Plan to Facilitate Entrustment of Banking Services to Improve Consumer Access to Fina
The Financial Services Commission announced a plan to facilitate the entrustment of banking services to improve consumer access to financial services on March 27. Under the plan, the FSC plans to (a) establish a legislative ground for introducing bank agency services and (b) facilitate the use of jointly shared automated teller machines (ATMs) in the banking sector and the small-sum deposit and withdrawal services at convenience stores.
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Financial Services Commission
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2025.04.03
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| 821 |
Consumer Price Index in March 2025
The Consumer Price Index was 116.29(2020=100) in March 2025. The index increased 0.2 percent from the preceding month and rose 2.1 percent from the same month of the previous year.
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Statistics Korea
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2025.04.03
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| 820 |
Stock Short Selling to be Fully Reinstated from March 31
The Financial Services Commission convened an extraordinary session on March 21 and decided to fully reinstate stock short selling as previously planned from March 31. The decision has been reached as the financial authorities determined that concerns over factors undermining fair price formation in the market can be resolved with the short sale reform measures put in place thus far.
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Financial Services Commission
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2025.03.27
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| 819 |
Household Loans, February 2025
In February 2025, the outstanding balance of household loans across all financial sectors increased KRW4.3 trillion (preliminary), shifting back up from the drop of KRW0.9 trillion in the previous month.
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Financial Services Commission
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2025.03.13
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