» by GI Korea February 20th, 2012 at 3:52 am » Comments (23)

Considering how much people have invested in their homes in Korea any popping of the housing bubble would be devastating: The Korean property market seems to be grinding to a halt. ...more »

» by GI Korea February 18th, 2012 at 4:23 am » Comments (22)

It looks like Koreans are living the American Dream and they didn't even have to immigrate to the US to experience it: The number of indebted people is increasing across all ...more »

» by GI Korea December 30th, 2011 at 11:58 pm » Comments (2)

Andrei Lankov has an article posted over at 3WM that explains why North Korea has seen a small amount of economic growth over the past decade despite the increased sanctions ...more »

» by GI Korea October 10th, 2011 at 3:24 am » Comments (10)

Here we go again with the unemployment rate of young veterans in the United States: Democrats and Republicans rarely agree on anything in the nation's capital, but there's a growing bipartisan ...more »

» by GI Korea September 15th, 2011 at 10:45 pm » Comments (5)

Have you wondered what the Korean minimum wage is? Well the Korea Economic Reader provides an answer: On August 1, the Ministry of Employment and Labor finally confirmed and announced the ...more »

» by GI Korea August 12th, 2011 at 3:23 am » Comments (23)

Here is an interesting article about the debt crisis via the Korea Economic Reader that makes a good point that the US doesn't need a balanced budget, it needs generational ...more »

» by GI Korea August 9th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (7)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="499" caption="A signboard at the trading room of Korea Exchange Bank's headquarters in Seoul shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) falling 68.10 points, or ...more »

» by GI Korea April 7th, 2011 at 6:12 am » Comments (10)

Kushibo has a link up over at his site from a PBS Newhour segment about the economic challenges facing US veterans.  You can view video of the interview over at ...more »

» by GI Korea September 8th, 2010 at 11:41 pm » Comments (7)

Via a reader tip comes this story about the hardships North Korean businesses are having lately due to the economic climate and financial sanctions: Bureau 39 has been dubbed Kim’s own ...more »

» by GI Korea April 3rd, 2010 at 10:36 am » Comments (11)

What has long been suspected is pretty much now proven to be true that the North Korean regime felt threatened by the private markets and the currency re-evaluation was an ...more »