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Korea Report - December, 2009.

Topics.

²  Korea won landmark nuclear deal from UAE.

²  Korea plans to send 350 soldiers with 140 workers to Afghanistan.

²  Ruling party unilaterally passed 2010 fiscal spending plan.

²  Strikers of KORAIL on disciplinary measure.

²  Makgeolli gains global popularity.

²  STATELESS CHILDREN BORN IN CHINA BY DEFECTING WOMEN IN ABSOLUTE

    BLIND SPOT OF HUMAN RIGHT.

²  Bosworth visited NK to open the dialogue.

²  Thai authorities discovered weapons from the NKorean plane landed for refueling.

²  Korean economy grew 3.2% in third quarter and expected 5% rise in 2010.

²  Korea posted current account surplus for 10^th straight month.

²  Korea won Jordan’s first atomic research reactor.

²  2010 is likely to be hectic year for M&A.

²  Hyundai Motor’s union agreed a wage freeze, for the first strike free in 15 years.

²  Korean builders won a record number of orders this year.

²  Foreign buyers came back to Korean bourse from BRICs.

²  KDB and KAMCO extended their hand further to help shippers.

²  SLS shipbuilding applied debt workout process.

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