The Bank of Korea has frozen its key interest rate for the sixth month in a row.
 
The central bank's monetary policy committee decided Thursday to maintain the benchmark rate at one-point-five percent.
 
The rate is at a record low after four reductions of a quarter of a percentage point each between August last year and June.
 
Analysts said the central bank is taking a wait-and-see approach amid speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve may increase its interest rate this month and as domestic consumption is gradually recovering.