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Korea Report - April, 2015.

TOPICS.

President Park wrapped up her 12 days four-nation tour of South America (p.1)

Japan, only country in the world hit by atomic bombs, turns their head again to militarism (p.2)

Iran may become land of opportunity for Korean industries and example to open NKorea (p.3)

Moody’s revised up SKorea’s credit rating outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘positive’ (p.4)

BOK lowered this year’s domestic economic growth forecast to 3.1% from 3.4% (p.5)

SKorean chaebols recorded sluggish performance in 1Q due to unfavorable exchange rates and weakening oil prices (p.6)

KOSPI rallied to 2,173, boosted by foreign investors buying into the market (p.8)

KWon strengthened the most against the US dollar among global currencies (p.8)

Global shipbuilders’ order shrank 43% on-year during 1Q of 2015 (p.9)

KAMCO has started supporting the domestic shipping industry (p.10)

KDB filled CEO of 3 Korean shipbuilders - DSME, STX O&S and Daehan - with ex-DSME men (p.12)

Hanjin Subic yard filled its berth for the delivery upto 2017 with big container units (p.12)

GAIL is expected to hold ‘Pre-tender meeting’ on May 15th before the tender invitation(p.13)

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