Lee Jae-myung’s hardscrabble path to the South Korean presidency mirrors his country’s stratospheric rise from grinding ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Lee Jae-Myung on his election as President of the Republic of Korea and expressed ...

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) per person is estimated to have exceeded the US$36,000 mark last year, data showed Sunday. The GDP per capita for 2024 is ...

Lee, known for his populist policies and humble background, pledges economic prioritisation through AI investment, shorter ...

In the 1960s, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorest countries in the world. In 2004, South Korea's GDP surpassed one trillion dollars. Beginning in the 1960s under President ...

In a victory that marks both a personal triumph and a profound moment in South Korea’s political history, Lee Jae-myung has ...

South Korea's gross national income (GNI) per capita surpassed Japan and Taiwan in 2024, ranking sixth among countries with populations of more than 50 million, according to data published Wednesday.

Few countries have transformed themselves as dramatically as South Korea has over the last half-century. A poor, ...

According to the Bank of Korea and others, the IMF estimated South Korea's per capita GDP for this year at $34,642, a decrease of 4.1% from last year, in its 'World Economic Outlook' report ...

GDP·GNI·per capita GNI trend. /Courtesy of Bank of Korea South Korea's per capita GNI first exceeded $30,000 in 2014 ($30,797) and increased to $37,898 in 2021. However, the following year ...

The IMF estimated Korea's 2025 per capita GDP to be $34,642. The metric, used to assess living standards and economic well-being, declined 4.1 percent from the previous year, according to its ...

Among the core problems is the limited expansion of India’s manufacturing sector, which accounts for just 17% of GDP compared to 29% in China.