South Korea can look forward to an annual economic growth pace averaging 2.9% through 2019, exceeding last year’s 2.6% and the rate for advanced economies, says Kim Eng Tan of S&P Global Ratings. Korea is on track to achieve per-capita GDP of more than US$30,000 by 2019, Tan says.
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