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South Korea, U.S. treaty ally: Mutual Defense Treaty (1953) · President: Lee Jae Myung. Records, connections and sources from free public data, each linked…
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- South Korea: real house prices in 2026 Q2 were 16.6% below their 2021 Q4 high — Real index 105.2 (2010 = 100) · +0.6% over ten years · Real means adjusted for consumer prices; countries differ in what the index covers (Bank for International Settlements (residential property prices), 29 Jun 2026)
- South Korea: households spent 48% of GDP in 2025, down 1.8 points from 2015 — Investment 29% and savings 36% of GDP, each in its newest year · Savings above investment are lent abroad, below it borrowed (World Bank World Development Indicators, 30 Dec 2025)
- South Korea: the 10-year government bond yield averaged 3.2% in 2024, 1.3 points below nominal growth of 4.6% — Primary balance -2.3% of GDP · Government debt 50% of GDP · Nominal growth is approximated from the IMF's real growth and consumer-price inflation; the yield is the OECD's monthly average (IMF World Economic Outlook and OECD (10-year government bond yields), 30 Dec 2024)
- “Deutsche Bank "11.11 option shock" (Korea, 2010)”: acquittal (17 Jan 2024) — South Korea · expiry close (as alleged; acquitted on appeal); cash against index options (as alleged; acquitted on appeal) (FSC · Korean courts, 16 Jan 2024) DB