The Korea Forest Service’s National Forest Seed Management Center plans to complete the forest seed distribution survey in 2025 and conduct special inspections in 2026.
This year, they inspected the entire production and distribution process of major forest seed items to prevent the distribution of fraudulent and poor-quality seeds.
A focused inspection will be conducted in January and February 2026 to prevent consumer damage during the Lunar New Year holiday.

SMEs that file patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property have a 1.36 times higher chance of high growth.
The information and communication sector shows the highest increase at 2.69 times, while manufacturing stands at 1.39 times.
Combining domestic and international filings raises the high growth potential to 1.8 times.

The Fair Trade Commission announced the results of the ‘2025 Distribution Sector Supplier Survey’ conducted with major large-scale distribution companies.
The survey revealed that 89.0% of suppliers reported improved trading practices compared to the previous year, an increase of 3.5 percentage points.
Convenience stores showed the highest improvement rate, while online shopping malls had the lowest.

The KDCA and Naver are offering a new service linking Q-CODE with Naver Pass.
Naver member information will be automatically synced, reducing the time needed for quarantine information input.
This service is expected to help prevent the influx of infectious diseases and streamline entry procedures.

The Ministry of Climate and Energy will host a battery recycling policy forum on December 16 at the National Battery Recycling Cluster.
The forum aims to share key policy developments for promoting battery recycling and explore ways to foster the industry.
Around 100 experts are expected to attend, with various presentations and discussions planned.

The retirement pension fund in 2024 increased by 12.9% compared to the previous year, reaching 431 trillion won.
The total number of businesses implementing the system was 442,000, with an implementation rate of 26.5%.
The number of individual retirement pension subscribers increased by 11.7%, and the fund amount increased by 30.3%.