Thank you to everyone who joined GR Korea's latest International Policy Forum: "South Korea's June 3 Elections: A New Political Map and Its Business Implications."We were honored to host Professor Lee Jae-mook (HUFS) and public opinion analyst Yoon H...

Korea's June 3 local elections arrive one year into the Lee Jae-myung administration and will determine how much governing momentum the ruling party carries into its second year. This edition maps the key races and what each outcome means for industr...

On April 13, GR Korea co-hosted an evening reception for the Swedish Strategic Innovation Mission Seoul 2026 in collaboration with Söderberg & Partners.The event brought together the Swedish delegation alongside Korea's business, media, and policy le...

Korea's Lee administration is using a strong legislative majority to move fast on four sectors it wants to define the next decade. This edition of the GR Korea newsletter covers what is happening in each. Korea's semiconductor edge now comes from a s...

Thank you for joining GR Korea’s First International Policy Forum (IPF) of 2026, titled “Eight Months into the New Administration — Where Korea’s Two Main Parties Stand and What Lies Ahead.”We were honored to welcome Song Chang-wook, Vice President a...

Korea's National Assembly held two significant plenary sessions this month. On 12 February, 63 bills were passed — without opposition participation — followed by a second session on 24 February, where the ruling party pushed through remaining legisla...

President Lee Jae-myung has kicked off 2026 with a high-stakes diplomatic tour, marking the first state visit to Beijing in eight years followed by a summit in Japan.In a regional landscape defined by U.S. tariff uncertainty and an ongoing Sino-Japan...

Korea’s 2026 national budget has been finalized at 727.9 trillion KRW, marking an 8.1% year-on-year increase. The bill signals a distinct shift in fiscal strategy as the Lee administration introduces its “risk-sharing” model to support strategic indu...

Yesterday, on 24 November 2025, GR Korea signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Korea Times, one of Korea’s leading English-language newspapers, to share expertise and strengthen collaboration across both domestic and international activities....

Korea’s economic and security policy just turned a significant new page. The recent APEC 2025 summit in Gyeongju and the conclusion of the first National Assembly audit under the Lee administration have created new opportunities and challenges for bu...