>South Korea’s current account surplus in the first half of 2026 reached approximately 191.01 billion dollars, placing the country firmly in second place worldwide among major economies and behind only China, whose surplus stood at roughly 379.4 billion dollars. This performance allowed Korea to overtake Germany, which recorded about 124 billion dollars, Taiwan with 121.03 billion dollars, and Japan with approximately 110 billion dollars—countries that had all posted larger surpluses than Korea in 2025. >As a result, Korea climbed from fifth place the previous year to second place in the first half of 2026, a ranking last achieved nearly three decades earlier. The 191-billion-dollar figure was nearly four times larger than Korea’s own surplus in the same period of 2025 and already exceeded the country’s full-year total for 2025, underscoring how decisively the semiconductor-driven boom elevated Korea’s position relative to other leading surplus nations.Comparisons:South Korea: Approximately $191 billion current account surplus in H1 2026China: ~$379.4 billionGermany: roughly $124 billionTaiwan: $121.03 billionJapan: about $110 billionHow did white countries wane so hard?
>thanked to AI slop
Why is Korean culture dead? no one is seeing Korea as the cultural hub of the world anymore. K-food, K-drama, K-prostitutions,etc..
>>542265963Sorry, we've moved on from being sweatshop workers long ago.
>>542265809mexico current account surplus in H1 2026 is 9 billion
>>542265809so why is your gdp still smaller than mexico?not be little you or anything but i dont understand how gdp work
It's the AI bubble retard
>>542265809jews
Also only the chip industry is boomingRest is deadShut the fuck up visa jeet faggot
>>542265963.Blame fucking leftoids, Lee Jae Myung, and his left-wing feminist cult support base. He's retarded. You should've backed Yoon Suk Yeol's take over of South Korea, now you're stuck with a Far Left traitor party known as the SK Dem Party, but don't worry, you can turn this around if you campaign harder.
>>542265809I do feel bad for South Korea when the bubble pops and lawsuits come down on Samsung and SK Hynix.Samsung and SK Hynix however can burn in hell.
>>542266349Yoon is a 100% retard who blew up himself with a shitty martial law.
>>542266283GDP is how much money is circulating in the country, since Mexico has moluch more population naturally it would have more money circulating between its people in total
>>542265963Korea won. Japan only exists due to cheap vacation because of dying yen and cheap if not free jap pussy.
Fucking tulips man.
>>542265809all 2 companies and kpop is in a death spiral
>>542266336AI has its share of exports but its not all of it. Still out producing japan on PPP. Also, go home yank.>>542266406easily a jap or chink diaspora>>542266453GDP is not that you butt brain
>>542266289>>542266336South Korea already keeps Japan on a leash even without the massive surplus from the semiconductors.>Japan vs South Korea>Total exports$384.4B$496.3B>Minus integrated circuits (chips)–$21.2B–$149.0B>Minus semiconductor manufacturing equipment–$15.0B–$5.2B>Exports excluding chips & equipment$348.2B$342.1B>Per Capita ComparisonIncluding chips & equipment (total exports):Japan: ≈ $3,125 per person South Korea: ≈ $9,545 per person South Korea’s exports per person are 3.1 times higher.>Excluding chips & equipment:Japan: ≈ $2,831 per person South Korea: ≈ $6,579 per person South Korea’s non-chip exports per person are still 2.3 times higher.While South Korea has less than half the population of Japan, it still beats Japan's trade surplus by 2 times.
>>542265809Good that you had a nice year?>How did white countries wane so hard?What do you mean? Is it compared to the fairly distant past where literally no one other than white people did anything actually useful? Well yes, some other people including Japan, China and South Korea started also doing stuff again.
>>542266554It costs 2000-3000€ to fly from here to Tokyo, that's roughly 2-3 months of entire wages on average estonian salary.I don't know where you are from because you hide your flag like a jew but Japan most definitely isn't the cheap vacation if you are an average eastern european, though i wish it was because japan feels like the one of the few places left that feels different and unique.
>>542265809Is Seoul fun to visit? I kinda wanna go and dick down some 10/10 plastic hookers
>>542266767Doesn't apply to you since you're an emerging market but sex tourism to Japan is booming from richer countries.
>>542266686As a Korean, never post this image again.Japan is big men, they think they are better than China, but Japan is just China 2.0, mini China.If a Chinese colony became a vassal state of USA, it would be exact same as Japan, but without anime.Also, Japanese studios gatekeep Manhwa, but Manhwa and Korean webtoons are better than most current anime slop.The Gamer > Solo Leveling, but Solo Leveling picked up, because the traitors sucked studio dick for it.Han Ji Han would assrape Jinwoo Sung in 3 seconds.Hydrogen Bomb vs Coughing Baby fight.Sun-Ken Rock is one of greatest literary works of all time.No studio pick up, because Korean made, and Sun-Ken Rock author won't suck studio dick.
>>542266824>thinks he's a gookAs a Japanese, I will post it every time. Japan is midget island full of tiny manlets who seethe and reeeee at neighbors who now ass blast tiny japs. I am ashamed to be a jap thus meme flag provides comfort.
>>542266815why hide your flag?
>>542266888All memeflags are jeets or jews
>>542266888You will certainly not understand, Takashi-sama>>542266973Really?
>>542267007you've accused half the posters in this thread of being Japanese in disguise yet you're the only one hiding your flag.
>>542267215Do you feel any shame that Japan has become a shithole of degenerates? Poor fiscal planning from the 1970's enriched the older generation but robbed the younger generation of any future. This is why the Japanese economy is so horribly bad and the yen is so weak.The social ills this caused is not easily measured nor reported on enough. Our own kids kill themselves due to frustration of watching families suffer and girls have to sell themselves to make ends meet or to find a way to get ahead.Instead, you just get upset while you fled to America and ignore the issues back home.You are heartless!
>>542265809shit country with no future
>>542267422Their birth rates are already up .20 thanks to imports from Norway
