President Lee promotes record export figures in customs chief’s report
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- President Lee Jae-myung posted a report from the Korea Customs Service saying cumulative exports this year had exceeded last year’s annual figure.
- The report put exports at $709.4 billion, described as the highest level on record.
President Lee Jae-myung used a report from the Korea Customs Service to promote what he presented as a major economic achievement: South Korea’s exports have already surpassed last year’s full-year total.
Lee posted the report on X on the 5th under the title, “This is a report from Commissioner Lee Jong-wook.” The customs report said cumulative exports this year had reached $709.4 billion, or about 951 trillion won.
That figure exceeded the previous annual record set last year, according to the report shared by the president.
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Originally published by Chosun Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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