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- Household Loans, July 2025 In July 2025, the outstanding balance of household loans across all financial sectors increased KRW2.2 trillion (preliminary), rising at a significantly slower pace compared with the previous month (up KRW6.5 trillion), with the volume of growth falling to the lowest level since March this year. 2025.08.18
- Economically Active Population Survey in July 2025 [Economically active population and labor force participation rate] ◦ The economically active population marked 29.754 million persons in July, which grew 160 thousand persons or 0.5 year-on-year. ◦ The labor force participation rate stood at 65.0 in July, up 0.1p year-on-year. 2025.08.18
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- Korea-Nepal Business Forum Korea-Nepal’s 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations... Business Communities of Two Countries Commit to Strengthening Cooperation in Energy, Infrastructure and Tourism - The KCCI hosted the ″Korea-Nepal Business Forum″ on December 19th, bringing together over 80 key figures from both nations’ political and business sectors to pledge cooperation - Cheong In-kyo, Minister for Trade, emphasized, “This year, marking the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Nepal, is the optimal time to expand economic cooperation.” - The forum highlighted Nepal′s trade and investment strategies and policies, while also showcasing successful examples of Korean businesses entering the Nepalese market. - Two countries signed a Trade and Investment Promotion Framework (TIPF), aiming to strengthen bilateral trade cooperation amid global supply chain restructuring. 2025.01.24
- 9th International Trade Committee ‘Will Trump impose a +10 blanket tariff?’... KCCI International Trade Committee, “We Need To Pay Close Attention To U.S. Agenda” - The 9th KCCI International Trade Committee held on November 28th... discussion on the new trade order and crisis response during Donald Trump’s second term - US expert says, “Trump gained ‘strong authorities and power’ as he takes full control of the White House and Congress... It is expected he has the ability to move quickly on his top priorities - Participants discussed recent trade issues... ‘information sharing between public-private sectors during negotiations’, ‘signing Reciprocal Defense Procurement (RDP)’, ‘diversification of export support system’ - Lee Kye-in, Chair of the KCCI International Trade Committee, “In the midst of heightened global uncertainties... we must overcome challenges and create new opportunities, by utilizing past experience as an asset” 2024.12.05

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