Economic News Briefing
1. Government to invest 5 trillion won to support growth through innovation 2. Government takes steps towards regulatory innovation 3. Korea and Switzerland sign currency swap agreement 4. Korea signs FTA with Central America 5. DPM Kim finds ways to improve business environmentfor Korean companies at the 15th Korea-China Finance Ministers Meeting 6. DPM Kim discusses ease of doing business at the 1st Korea-Uzbekistan Finance Ministers Meeting 7. Government posts 11.3 trillion won surplus in 2017 8. External debt amounts to US $418.8 billion in 2017 9. Korea grows 3.1% in 2017 (advanced) * For further details, please refer to the attached file
Feb 2018