South Korea saw a current account surplus of $3.96 billion in December, the Bank of Korea said on Monday - remaining in the black for the 22dn consecutive month.
That was just shy of forecasts for a surplus of $4 billion, and down from the $5.046 billion surplus in November and the $4.23 billion surplus in October.
For all of 2011, South Korea posted a current account surplus of $27.65 billion.
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