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KOREA PRO is an essential resource providing objective insights and analysis on the most important stories and issues in South Korea, on topics ranging from foreign relations and politics to society and economics.

Briefings

South Korea’s 2025 SDG Report highlights economic and social weaknesses

Weak progress on green energy, high elderly poverty and social inequality highlight structural gaps in safety net

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 25, 2025
Briefings

South Korea, Japan and China seek closer ties at trilateral ministerial summit

South Korea strengthens ties with Japan on security while engaging China on trade and maritime issues

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 24, 2025
Podcast

Another potential impeachment, interest rates and trade tensions — Ep. 67

South Korea’s opposition seeks to impeach Acting President Choi as steel tariffs and Fed policy squeeze Seoul’s economy

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 21, 2025
Briefings

South Korea’s opposition moves to impeach Acting President Choi Sang-mok

Democratic Party’s push to remove Choi could trigger market volatility and political backlash

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 21, 2025
Briefings

South Korea tightens anti-dumping measures on Chinese steel imports

Beijing remains silent on Seoul’s steel tariffs, likely waiting for the outcome of Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment trial

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 20, 2025
Briefings

South Korea approves sweeping energy laws to boost grid and nuclear storage

Local resistance to nuclear waste storage and offshore wind development could complicate implementation

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 19, 2025
Briefings

South Korea’s rising liquidity and debt fuel inflation and housing concerns

Lower interest rates fuel liquidity and household loans, but overheating property markets raise policy risks

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 18, 2025
Briefings

South Korea unlikely to escape US tariffs despite high-level talks

Seoul’s bid for US tariff exemptions unlikely to succeed, echoing Tokyo’s failed request despite LNG deal

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 17, 2025
Podcast

Sensitive country status, tariffs and Constitutional Court decisions — Ep. 66

South Korea faces new U.S. security restrictions, steel tariffs implemented top officials’ impeachment rejected

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 14, 2025
Briefings

Bank of Korea warns growth could fall to 1.4% if US trade war escalates

South Korea’s central bank signals more rate cuts to offset weak demand, but debt and inflation risks loom large

KOREA PROKOREA PROMarch 14, 2025
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