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BMI View: South Korea's current account dipped into deficit in January for the first time since January 2009. The shift from a US$1.5bn surplus in December to a US$0.4bn deficit... 2010-03-04


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President Lee Myung-bak attended a Korea-India summit in New Delhi on January 25, in our view enhancing South Korea's regional profile. President Lee and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan... 2010-02-05


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BMI View: South Korea's record breaking US$42.7bn current account surplus in 2009 helped its economy bounce back from the jaws of recession. While we expect further export gains... 2010-02-05


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South Korea announced on December 8 that it would send 350 troops to Afghanistan to accompany 100 South Korean civilian engineers to be despatched to the war-torn country. The move... 2009-12-30


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2009-12-30

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The Bank of Korea (BoK) announced on November 26 that it would use a wider consumer price inflation target band for the years 2010-2012 compared to that currently used. At present,... 2009-11-27


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South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party (DP) won legislative by-elections in late October, defeating the ruling Grand National Party (GNP). DP candidates Lee Chan Yeol, Kim... 2009-10-29


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BMI View: A new summit between the two Koreas, rumoured to be under discussion, would be symbolically important, but we would not expect it to persuade the North to denuclearise.... 2009-10-29

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