Status: Live Effective: Dec 1, 2025 (KST) We’ve updated 45,980 Korean Business Profiles with financial statements, providing up to 5 years of history. Where available, both Separate and Consolidated statements are included. What’s included per year Total Assets Total Debts Total Capital Sales Amount Operating Profit Profit Before Tax Net Profit Debt Ratio Corporate Tax … Read more
Updates
Stay informed with KOBDi service updates: feature rollouts, dataset updates, reliability improvements, and issue advisories affecting your work.
Status: Live Effective: Nov 29, 2025 (KST) We’ve added Cosmetics GMP (화장품 GMP) certifications to KOBDi Business Profiles. As part of this release, 254 certifications were imported and mapped to the same number of companies. Each certificate is issued per factory and is now visible in the Certification section of the relevant profile. What you … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Nov 29, 2025 (KST) We’ve added the Direct Production Certification dataset to KOBDi Business Profiles. As part of this release, 55,147 certificates were imported and mapped to the same number of businesses. The certification helps verify whether a Korean company directly produces specified products and is now visible in the Certification section … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Nov 7, 2025 (KST) We’ve released a significant upgrade to the KOBDi Industry Search—the first phase of a broader enhancement plan. This foundation helps you find the exact Korean companies you need faster, smarter, and more intuitively, with more data and filters to come. What’s new Lightning-fast performance: Searches and refinements respond … Read more
Status: OperationalEffective: Oct 1, 2025 (KST) The BRN live verification feature is now fully operational again. Following the government data-center incident on Sept 26, live checks against the National Tax Service (NTS) have been restored and are functioning normally in both the web interface and any automated validations you run. What this means for you … Read more
Status: Partial external outage (government sources).Started: Friday, Sept 26, 2025 (approx. 20:20 KST).Background: A fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) data center in Daejeon led authorities to suspend hundreds of government IT systems to protect infrastructure; initial reports cited 647 affected systems, later revised upward during recovery updates. What’s available: Temporary limitations (external … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Sep 15, 2025 (KST) We’ve added Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) Medical Device license checks to our Korean Business Profiles. In the Licenses section you now see, for each Korean company or busines: Whether a Medical Device license is held License type (full list below) Registration date License number Status … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Sep 01, 2025 (KST) We’ve added Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) license checks to our Korean Business Profiles. In the Licenses section you now see, for each Korean company or business: Whether an MFDS license is held License type (full list below) Registration date License number Status (Active / Not … Read more
Status: Live Effective: Aug 6, 2025 (KST) We’ve added MSIT Specialized Research Certification to the Certification section of KOBDi Business Profiles. This information covers specialized Korean research operators reported to the Minister of Science and ICT under Article 6 of the Research Industry Promotion Act, and is certified/issued by the Korea Research Industry Association. For … Read more