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Korea Report - May, 2013.

 

Topics.

 

©÷  President Park Geun-hye¡¯s made the first official visit to USA during June 4-10.

©÷  SKorea is pushing for a 3-way strategic dialogue with USA and China in June.

©÷  Shinjo Abe is seeking to revise the Japanese constitution to a change to its pacifist Law.

©÷  Samsung Group¡¯s is determined to produce Nobel Prize winners.

©÷  NK fired short-range guided missiles into the East Sea for the third consecutive day.

©÷  Laos has sent 9 NKoreans defectors to NK.

©÷  Bank of China has publicly closed the account of NK¡¯s key foreign exchange bank.

©÷  SKorea's fiscal deficit widened during the first quarter of this year.

©÷  BOK made a surprising cut of its key interest rate to 2.50% from 2.75%.

©÷  SKorea¡¯s economy is expected to grow 2.6% this year.

©÷  SKorea's trade surplus surged to a nearly three-year high in May.

©÷  NTS has officially launched a probe into 23 individuals and companies.

©÷  SEC¡¯s Galaxy S4 has been chosen as the best smartphone by a US magazine.

©÷  SKorea¡¯s major construction companies suffered heavy losses in the first quarter.

©÷  SKorea's foreign exchange reserves declined in May.

©÷  SKorea's consumer prices grew 1% in May.

©÷  Japan¡¯s order surged, in competition with Chinese counterparts.

©÷  The slump may be prolonged even beyond 2016, due to oversupply on speculative ordering.

©÷  Korea¡¯s policy financing institutions jointly provides $1.5 bil of PF to the US LNG plant.

©÷  New concept-close cooperation made the new design; Suisse-Atlantique-HMD.

©÷  KDB led creditors took over the day-to-day management of STX Group companies.

 

 

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