OECD warns of rising shock exposure from S. Korea's dependence on chip exports

South Korea's growing dependence on semiconductor exports may make the country more vulnerable to external shocks and cyclical volatility, despite serving as a major "growth driver," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday. The Paris-based organization made the assessment in a report titled "OECD Economic Surveys: Korea 2026," which came around a month after it raised South Korea's economic growth outlook for this year to 2.6 percent from 1.7 percent three months

By The Korea Herald