# South Korea Korea: Publishing, broadcasting, motion picture, video and television programme production, and information service (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Publishing, broadcasting, motion picture, video and television programme production, and information service (BOK ECOS) was up 4.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 1.8% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 20,326 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.7% (Q4 2022) to 13.5% (Q3 2021), averaging 3.6%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-11142`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-publishing-broadcasting-motion-picture-video-and-television

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 20,326 ₩ billion | 4.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 19,947 ₩ billion | 1.8 |
| Q4 2025 | 19,816 ₩ billion | 2.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 19,649 ₩ billion | 1.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 19,448 ₩ billion | 3.2 |
| Q1 2025 | 19,591 ₩ billion | 0.8 |
| Q4 2024 | 19,373 ₩ billion | −1.3 |
| Q3 2024 | 19,334 ₩ billion | −0.9 |
| Q2 2024 | 18,849 ₩ billion | −0.3 |
| Q1 2024 | 19,434 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q4 2023 | 19,631 ₩ billion | 5.0 |
| Q3 2023 | 19,508 ₩ billion | 3.8 |
| Q2 2023 | 18,913 ₩ billion | 0.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 18,947 ₩ billion | 5.9 |
| Q4 2022 | 18,695 ₩ billion | −2.7 |
| Q3 2022 | 18,803 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q2 2022 | 18,806 ₩ billion | 2.8 |
| Q1 2022 | 17,894 ₩ billion | 1.3 |
| Q4 2021 | 19,214 ₩ billion | 13.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 18,599 ₩ billion | 13.5 |
| Q2 2021 | 18,300 ₩ billion | 8.3 |
| Q1 2021 | 17,667 ₩ billion | 4.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 16,964 ₩ billion | 2.6 |
| Q3 2020 | 16,384 ₩ billion | 1.0 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-11142"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.REAL.ITEM-11142",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```