Jihoon Lee

6 days ago | gurutrade.com | Ju-min Park |Jihoon Lee |Christian Schmollinger |Shri Navaratnam

Proposed $8.6 billion budget to guard against trade war risks Bank of Korea signals rate cut due to Trump's tariff policy Parliament approval needed, Democratic Party seeks larger budget SEOUL, April 18 (Reuters) - South Korea's government proposed on Friday a supplementary 12.2 trillion won ($8.60 billion) budget to counter heightening risks to economic growth in the face of a global trade war and domestic political uncertainty.

1 week ago | ca.finance.yahoo.com | Cynthia Kim |Jihoon Lee

By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank left its policy interest rate unchanged as expected on Thursday, a decision designed to aid a wobbly won as Washington's attempts to reorder global trade by imposing sweeping tariffs threaten to damage economic growth. The Bank of Korea's seven-member board held its benchmark interest rate at 2.75% at its monetary policy review, an outcome expected by 24 of 37 economists polled by Reuters.

1 week ago | msn.com | Jihoon Lee |Joyce Lee

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1 week ago | innovationaus.com | James Riley |Yim Hyun-su |Jihoon Lee

The South Korea government has increased its support package for the country’s semiconductor industry to ₩33 trillion (US$23.25 billion), up about 25 per cent from a ₩26 trillion package unveiled last year. The measures come in response to calls on the government to expand support at a time of growing policy uncertainty under the current US administration and rising competition from Chinese rivals, the government said in a statement.

1 week ago | jp.reuters.com | Jihoon Lee |Joyce Lee

韓国の崔相穆企画財政相は１５日、米政府との交渉においては関税の発動を可能な限り遅らせるよう努力するとの姿勢を示した。平沢港で２日撮影（２０２５年　ロイター／Kim Hong-Ji）[ソウル １５日 ロイター] - 韓国の崔相穆企画財政相は１５日、米政府との交渉においては関税の発動を可能な限り遅らせるよう努力するとの姿勢を示した。造船やエネルギーといった、相互の関心分野での協力拡大を模索するとも強調した。韓国は、ベッセント米財務長官が、トランプ大統領が課した関税について話し合うと述べた国の一つ。崔財政相は国会で、世界市場で韓国企業が直面する不確実性を軽減するため、関税を「可能な限り」先送りすることを優先すると述べた。対応の方向性に関する議員の質問に「国益の観点から、可能な限り交渉し、新政権の下でまとめる」と答えた。トランプ大統領が今月初めに韓国に課した相互関税率は２５％。トランプ氏はその後、国・地域ごとに設定した上乗せ部分を９０日間停止すると発表した。一律１０％の基本関税は維持する。 もっと見る 私たちの行動規範：トムソン・ロイター「信頼の原則」, opens new tab