Data from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy reveals that between January and November 2025, the nation's overall export value soared to US$640.2 billion. This represents a 2.9% year-on-year increase and sets a new record for the corresponding period. To put this in context, the previous record stood at US$628.7 billion during the same time frame in 2022. (Here, "soar" and "sets a new record" make the expression more vivid and natural in English, and "to put this in context" is a common English phrase used to introduce a comparison for better understanding.)
