The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development raised Korea's 2026 growth outlook from 1.7 percent to 2.6 percent, the largest upward revision among Group of 20 countries amid a continuing semiconductor export boom.

Korea's exports surged 53 percent from a year earlier to a new monthly high of $87.8 billion in May, driven by the semiconductor supercycle, government data showed on Monday.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday raised South Korea's economic growth outlook for this year to 2.6 percent from 1.7 percen