metaqsol The National Tax Service (NTS) is offering AI-powered ‘Help Me Deduction Man’ content for the 2025 year-end tax settlement.
The content visualizes 12 common tax deduction scenarios, including medical expense deductions and parental deductions, to make them easily understandable.
The NTS plans to expand this service to other areas such as comprehensive income tax.
Domestic pork belly and neck meat will be sold at up to 30% off starting from the 8th.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced support for discounts on pork and eggs ahead of the Lunar New Year.
Egg prices will be reduced through supply to Nonghyup and Hanaro Mart, and 2.24 million fresh eggs from the US will be imported as a trial in January.
The government is pushing for the inclusion of the Korean stock market in the MSCI Developed Market Index to address the ‘Korea Discount’.
Efforts will focus on improving the structure of the foreign exchange and capital markets and establishing an advanced investment environment.
If inclusion is decided next year, index-tracking funds are expected to flow into the country around 2028.
President Lee Jae-myung stated that this year’s economic growth rate is expected to be around 2%.
He emphasized the need for all citizens to share in the fruits of economic growth.
He called for extraordinary measures to address youth issues by mobilizing national capabilities.
The government aims to achieve a 2.0% economic growth rate this year by investing 727.9 trillion won.
The strategy focuses on four main areas: macroeconomic management, potential growth rate rebound, balanced national growth, and strengthening the foundation for a great leap.
Various support measures are included to elevate key industries such as semiconductors, defense, and artificial intelligence to global powerhouses.
The Korea Forest Service and the National Data Agency announced the establishment and implementation of a ‘special classification for the forest industry’ reflecting structural changes and policy demands.
The new classification includes garden and stone processing industries, aviation industries, and previously omitted mushroom cultivation.
The Korea Forest Service aims to use this classification to closely monitor the forest industry’s scale and status and develop related policies.