The Korean economy is facing structural challenges characterized by a slowdown in total factor productivity (TFP) growth and a persistent decline in its potential growth rate. As population aging deepens and the marginal productivity of capital decli...

Stock market volatility has increased substantially in recent months. The volatility of daily returns on the KOSPI index reached 3.6% in th...

Recently, strengthening capital market–based financing for innovative SMEs has become an important policy issue in Korea. Despite the development of the domestic securities industry around capital-based investment banking, its role in SME finan...

The Korean government is pursuing plans to extend foreign exchange market operations to a 24-hour trading regime from the second half of 2026 in preparation for inclusion...