VOA NESW: SOUTH KOREAN MARKETS, CURRENCY PLUNGE ON EVE OF ASIA-EUROPE SUMMIT
October 23, 2008
October 23, 2008
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 23 -- The Voice of America issued the following story:
By Kurt Achin
South Korea is among the nations taking part in this week's Asia-Europe summit in Beijing. Even as the country's president left for the Chinese capital, the latest set of plunging market numbers lit up trading screens in Seoul. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports, South Korea is being hit especially hard by the global crisis, and hopes are high for a global solution . . .
By Kurt Achin
South Korea is among the nations taking part in this week's Asia-Europe summit in Beijing. Even as the country's president left for the Chinese capital, the latest set of plunging market numbers lit up trading screens in Seoul. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports, South Korea is being hit especially hard by the global crisis, and hopes are high for a global solution . . .