Trump`s Gripes Miss Root Cause of Korean Surplus, Analysts Say
(WorldNews South Korea)

As South Korea worries that U.S. criticism of its current-account surplus could spill over into foreign-exchange policy, researchers in Seoul say the imbalance has more to do with demographics than gaming the won. It`s wrong to assume that a stronger Korean currency would significantly reduce the surplus, according to a paper from Korea University economists Shin Kwan-ho and Han Chi-rok. ......