#Bank of Korea

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Economy

How Bank of Korea rate decisions reach your mortgage, the won and exporters

When the Bank of Korea (BOK) changes its policy rate, global headlines tend to treat it as a single number. Inside Korea, the same decision travels along several very different paths: into monthly mor...

2026.09.29 · 13 min read · views 615
How Bank of Korea rate decisions reach your mortgage, the won and exporters
Economy

Korea Market Brief — BOK hikes to 3% as KOSPI closes up 1.53% (Aug 27)

Seoul spent Thursday doing two things at once: celebrating a chip rally and absorbing an interest rate rise it was not fully expecting. The KOSPI opened sharply higher on Nvidia's record quarterly res...

2026.08.27 · 15 min read · views 1,705
Korea Market Brief — BOK hikes to 3% as KOSPI closes up 1.53% (Aug 27)
Economy

Korea Market Brief — KOSPI reclaims 6,800 as the foreign selling wave finally thins (Aug 26)

Seoul spent Wednesday doing something it has not managed much this month: closing quietly higher, without a scare in either direction. The KOSPI opened lower, drifted through a choppy morning as Wall ...

2026.08.26 · 18 min read · views 1,184
Korea Market Brief — KOSPI reclaims 6,800 as the foreign selling wave finally thins (Aug 26)
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