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KOREA REPORT - MAY, 2020.
Life
in SKorea is getting back to normal [p.2]
Second
round of more deadlier coronavirus to return in fall [p.2]
President
Trump plans to invite SKorea to a G7 summit in Sept [p.3]
SKorean
government started handing out $11.66 bil to cushion economic blow [p.3]
The
20th National Assembly held its final plenary session and approved 141
legislation [p.4]
Most
high school seniors here returned to school on 20th [p.6]
SKorea¡¯s
baseball season began on 5th, after weeks-long delay [p.7]
Gunfire
broke out between North and South Korea on 3rd [p.7]
Kim
Jong-un called for stronger ¡°nuclear war deterrence¡± at key military meeting [p.8]
SKorea¡¯s
nominal GDP ranked No 10 out of 38 OECD member countries [p.10]
Korea
Development Institute said SKorea will see economy expand 0.2% in 2020 [p.11]
SKorea¡¯s
trade surplus marked $400 mil in May, returning from trade deficit [p.11]
SKorea¡¯s
national debt per capita stood at KW14.83 mil ($12,145) as of 9th [p.12]
Hyundai
Motor Group to start constructing 105-story Global Business Center [p.14]
Oil
refineries in SKorea logged their worst-ever performances in first quarter [p.16]
Performance
of top 10 SKorean biologics and pharmaceutical firms in first quarter [p.18]
Bank
of Korea on 28th cut the policy rate to an unprecedented 0.5% [p.21]
Qatar
reserves 100 plus LNG berths worth over $18 bil at SKorean yards [p.21]
Sungdong
Shipbuilding finishes rehabilitation procedure on 11th [p.24]
Hahn
& Co and Hana Financial Group agreed to buy 100% stake in H-Line Shipping [p.25]
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