Cooling Seoul’s Housing Boom: Are Policy Tools Losing Their Bite?
May 12, 2026
Housing prices in Seoul have climbed even amid domestic political uncertainty and external headwinds over the past two years.
May 12, 2026
Housing prices in Seoul have climbed even amid domestic political uncertainty and external headwinds over the past two years.
May 11, 2026
Without faster diversification, deeper regional partnerships, and bolder domestic reforms, Korea risks remaining indispensable in one part of the AI value chain.
April 13, 2026
Byunghoon Nam, Seung Hyun (Luke) Hong
After several years of strong fiscal support to weather successive shocks, policymakers are now facing a challenging balancing act.
April 10, 2026
Sustaining Korea’s shipbuilding leadership will require action on several fronts.
March 30, 2026
Despite being an advanced economy, Korean equities have persistently traded at a significant discount to global peers.
March 13, 2026
Jade Vichyanond, Kian Heng Peh
Looking beyond the immediate recovery, Korea’s long-term growth prospects will depend on its ability to adapt to structural and geopolitical shifts.
March 10, 2026
Bora Lee, Byunghoon Nam, Jade Vichyanond, Justin Lim, Kian Heng Peh, Wee Chian Koh
Korea’s economic growth is projected to rise to 1.9 percent in 2026, gradually narrowing the negative output gap.
December 19, 2025
Korea’s GDP growth is projected at 1.0 percent in 2025 and 1.9 percent in 2026, narrowing the negative output gap.
July 1, 2025
In Korea, real estate project finance is a financing method used primarily for large-scale real estate development projects.
June 25, 2025
The Korean authorities introduced the Debt Service Ratio (DSR) framework to assess a borrower’s ability to service debt based on annual income.