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South Korea government reference data

7 series, each cited to the official source it was verified against. Currency KRW.

SeriesCurrentIn force fromOfficial sourceLast verified
Bank of Korea Base Rate 2.75 percent 2026-07-16 Bank of Korea Monetary Policy Board, Monetary Policy Decision of 16 Ju 2026-07-20
Value-Added Tax (부가가치세) standard rate 10 percent 1977-07-01 부가가치세법 (Value-Added Tax Act) Article 30 — statutory rate 10%; current 2026-07-20
National minimum wage (최저임금) 10320 KRW/hour 2026-01-01 고용노동부 고시 제2025-47호 「2026년 적용 최저임금 고시」 (Ministry of Employment and Labo 2026-07-20
Public holidays (free) 22 days held 2026-01-01 관공서의 공휴일에 관한 규정 (Regulations on Public Holidays of Government Offices) 2026-07-20
Consumer price inflation (소비자물가 상승률) 3.2 percent, year-on-year 2026-06-01 국가데이터처 보도자료 「2026년 6월 소비자물가동향」 (Ministry of Data and Statistics press 2026-07-20
Corporate income tax (법인세) top rate 25 percent (top marginal bracket, national CIT only) 2026-01-01 법인세법 (Corporate Tax Act) Article 55, as amended by Act No. 21217 (prom 2026-07-20
Personal income tax (종합소득세) schedule 8 entries — see the API for the full schedule 2023-01-01 소득세법 (Income Tax Act) Article 55(1), bracket schedule as amended by Ac 2026-07-20

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What makes this different

Every value above names the official instrument it came from and the date it takes effect, and we record when we last checked it. Where a value could not be verified against its own statute we do not publish an estimate — the series is simply absent. Where a question falls outside what we hold, the API refuses and explains, free of charge, rather than returning a number that looks right.