SINGAPORE (S&P Global Ratings) Sept. 7, 2020--S&P Global Ratings today assigned its 'AA' long-term foreign-currency rating to the Republic of Korea's (AA/Stable/A-1+) proposed senior unsecured bonds. The notes represent direct, general, unconditional, as well as unsubordinated obligations of the sovereign and rank equally with the sovereign's other unsecured and unsubordinated debt obligations. Criteria Governments Sovereigns: Sovereign Rating Methodology, Dec. 18, 2017 General Criteria: Methodology For Linking Long-Term And Short-Term Ratings, April 7, 2017 General Criteria: Use Of CreditWatch And Outlooks, Sept. 14, 2009 General Criteria: Methodology: Criteria For Determining Transfer And Convertibility Assessments, May 18, 2009