Lee says S. Korea emerging as global economic leader on record current account surplus
President Lee Jae Myung said Sunday that South Korea has emerged as a leading player in the global economy, citing that the country posted the world's second-largest current account surplus among major economies in the second quarter. The country's current account surplus reached US$116.63 billion in the April-June period, trailing only China's $193.72 billion, according to International Monetary Fund data available on the Bank of Korea's Economic Statistics System. "The Republic of Korea is now
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