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TheFutureofAsia:

Canitremaintheengineofglobalgrowth?1

Keynotespeechby

Rhee,ChangYong

GovernoroftheBankofKorea

Asiain2050Conference

Bangkok,Thailand

March5,2026

IamgratefultoAhrangLee,NaYoungPark,SeunghyeonLee,andMoonSunBaefromtheBankof

KoreasOfficeoftheAdvisortotheGovernorfortheirassistanceindraftingthisspeech.I’dliketo

thankYongsungChang,DongchulCho,GeeHeeHong,JoongShikKang,JaeWonLee,Jong-Wha

Lee,SoohyungLee,andWonhyukLimforvaluablecomments.Theviewsinthisspeechdonot

necessarilyrepresenttheofficialviewsoftheBankofKoreaoritsMonetaryPolicyBoard.

Sawatdikhrap.

Thankyouforinvitingmetoday.IwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoManaging

DirectorGeorgieva,GovernorRatanakorn,DirectorSrinivasan,myfriendsatthe

FundandtheBankofThailandfororganizingthisconference.IalsowishtheIMF

AnnualMeetingshereinBangkokthisOctoberagreatsuccess.

IwasaskedtospeakontheFutureofAsia.Asacentralbanker,itwouldbenaturalto

focusonmonetarypolicy—butmonetarypolicyalonedoesnotfullycapturewhatlies

aheadforAsia.Sotoday,notastheGovernoroftheBankofKorea,butasan

economistwithAsiaseconomyclosetoheartandwholovesThaifood,Iwillspeak

abouttherealitiesAsiafacesandthechallengesahead.

1.Asia’sRiseandtheRoadAhead

TotalkaboutAsiaistotalkabouthalfofhumanity.1Since1991,whenThailandlast

hostedtheIMFAnnualMeetings,Asia’spercapitaGDPhasgrownnearlyeightfold.2

All13countriesthenclassifiedaslow-incomehavesincereachedmiddle-income

status,3liftingover1.2billionpeopleoutofpoverty.Tob