The Korea Times
Korea posted its second-largest monthly current account surplus in April, driven by strong exports of semiconductors, central bank data showed Friday. The current account surplus totaled $28.29 billion in April, down from an all-time high of $37.93 billion in March, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK). Compared with the same month a year earlier, the figure surged from $4.51 billion, marking the second-largest monthly surplus on record after the March figure. Korea has reported a current account surplus every month since May 2023, extending its winning streak to 36 consecutive months, the second longest in history. In 2025, the country posted its largest annual surplus on record at $123.05 billion, exceeding the previous high of $105.1 billion set in 2015. The goods account posted a surplus of $33.88 billion in April, marking the second largest ever, as exports surged 54.5 percent on-year to $90.59 billion, while imports went up 16.1 percent to about $56.7 billion. Exports of information technology (IT) products soared 125.9 percent from a year earlier, including a 171.4 per
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