South Korea's exports declined at the slowest pace in eight months in December, data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy revealed on Wednesday.
Exports decreased 5.2 percent year-on-year in December. This was the smallest drop since April. Economists had forecast shipments to decline 6 percent after falling 14.4 percent in November.
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