South Korea's economy grew just 1% in 2025, lowest in five years
Published on: Wednesday 21 January 2026
South Korea logged its slowest growth in half a decade in 2025, the country's central bank said Thursday, while exports rose on the back of a boom in artificial intelligence.South Korea is home to key semiconductor manufacturers -- Samsung Electronics and SK hynix -- whose products have become crucial to sustaining and further expanding infrastructure for the global artificial intelligence market.