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won US$8,874 (2006) 5.0% 2006 18,372 2006 3,254 6,848 2006 E 3,093 8,263 2006 E II

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2005 1 400 260 3

2003.2.25 2008.2.24 5 18 4 5 18 4 5 4 1 2 2 299 243 243 56 6 5 14 4

2006 5 31-16 12 1 157 23 2007 2006 7 26 4 3 1 5

6 1997 39 4,000 8% 1 1,800 (IMF) IMF IMF 2006 6,348 4,600 3,254 6,400 2005 12.61% 3,093 8,200 15.56% 161 3,600 231 8,000 70 2006 5.0% 2007 4.5% 2007 3,600 10.6% 3,430 10.8% 170 2006 2

2005 1% 1,836 18.4% 2006 4,679 196 2006 407 431 193 2006 42.5% 10.% 9.1% 545 161 2007 12% 1,270 (Korea Exchange Bank) 2006 365 138 ( 930 1,494 ) 2005 131 7.1% 176 (48%) (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade KIET) 1990 12.8% 2004 7.2% 1990 1,193 2004 695 10 7

2006 3,254 2002 2006 30.6% 2.6% 2006 16.8% 65.5% 2003~2006 ( ActozSoft) SKT KTF 2007 3 High Speed Downlink Packet Access HSDPA 3.5 KTF Show 500 WIPI(Wireless Internet Platform for Interoperability) Naver Daum 2006 12 71% 12.8% 2000 Google Gmail 25~29 2007 1 Google 380 14.9% (MMORPG) 8

9 NCSoft Lineage Blizzard World of Warcraft FIFA Online Sony 2006 329 305 332 ( ) 264 68 2006 2010 2007 2011 20 18% Maruti Udyog 2002 2006 19% 33% 35% 2.5 ( 26.8 ) 2,000 ( 2.15 ) 24% 3.7% 2006 115 ( 10 26%) 2007 4.3% 120 1987 2006 4.2% Lexus Accord CRV 11%

10 2007 2 2010 2007 -- 10 50 10 3 Materials Bank 3 IT

11 TOYOTA NOKIA Shipping Mall Shipping Mall Shipping Mall CSR, Corporate Social Responsibility ISO26000 2006 1 2006 3 11 2011 1 170 140 170 30 8.5

3.5 1 5000 carbon fund Clean Development Mechanism--CDM 10 2030 2006 848 4.6% 2006 15% 8,874 12.6% 5.0% (Real Gross National Income) 2.3% 12

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E-mart (Tesco) Home Plus Lotte Mart E-Mart 103 Home Plus Lotte Mart 51 Home Plus 5.8 Lotte Mart 3.8 Homeplus 2007 14 Lotte Mart 10~12 E. Land 2006 32 Homever 9% 3.5 Homever (Walmart) (Carrefour) 2006 11 E-mart 32 E.land E-mart Home Plus E-mart 7 2007 4~5 Lotte Mart Lotte Mart 2008 15

2007 18.7 4% 22 7 2004 LG GS Homeshopping 1993 CJ Homeshopping Hyundai Homeshopping 2006 8 Woori Homeshopping 900 300 CJ Homeshopping 2003 (Consumer confidence) (Amenity) (New format) (premium outlet) (category killer) Chelsea Premium Oulet GAP ZARA IKEA LG 16

2007 7% 2006 4.2% 3.9% 7.5% 2.7% 4.3% 2006 558 ( 6130 ) 1997~1998 2.6 2006 17

12,800 3 Greenfield 57.7% M&A 42.3% New Business 34.7% 23% 1950 1954 2 2,000 1980 3 2,000 2006 2 3,000 18

KISC 1962 2007 3 414 7.65 2000 7,000 1997 2000 ASEM Capital Co., Ltd. 1 1995 20 19

435 98 20

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100% 100 75% 500 50% 100 500 25

2 1 1 950 13% 1 27% 30% 70% 17% 35% 8% 2006 12 78 67 1 9 11 26

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28 20 10 (3.3 ) 1,148 15,143 (1 910 ) 30% ( 10%) 55 (100% ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) 100 100% 500 75% 100% 1,000 500 3,000 2,000 1,000 R&D 500

29 3 100% 2 50% 15 5 100% 2 50% 15 5 100% 2 50% 1,000 R&D 500 1,000 5 15% 3 2006 7 6,384 0.32% 7 4 2006 9 4,943 1 8,559 270 210 LPG 2 8,212 ( 199 ) 29.7%

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45 17 28 3,000 626 320 306 Seoul Foreign School www.sfs.or.kr Seoul International School www.siskorea.or.kr Korea International School www.kis.or.kr Japanese School in Seoul www.sjshp.or.kr Seoul Foreign School 1-13 1,200 Seoul International School JK-12 Korea International School 1-13 Japanese School in Seoul 36

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Economic Division, Taipei Mission in Korea 211 6 : (82-2)732-9871/2 : (82-2)732-9874 E-mail:korea@moea.gov.tw Taiwan Trade Center, Seoul 91-1 Seoul Center B/D1202 82-2 3789-8722 82-2 3789-8779 E-mail kangyj@taitra.org.tw The Taiwan Business Association in Korea 708-8 B/D 6 Tel : (82-2)2188-2509 Fax : (82-2)2188-2530 E-mail princewang@yml.co.kr Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs www.mogaha.go.kr Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy 38

www.mocie.go.kr Ministry of finance and Economy Ministry of foreign Affairs and Trade www.mofat.go.kr www.mofe.go.kr Ministry of culture and Tourism www.mct.go.kr Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry www.maf.go.kr Ministry of Construction & Transportation www.moct.go.kr Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries www.momaf.go.kr Ministry of Information and Communication www.mic.go.kr Ministry of Environment Ministry of Labor www.me.go.kr www.molab.go.kr Ministry of Health & Welfare www.mohw.go.kr Ministry of Science & Technology www.most.go.kr Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency 300-9, Yomgok-dong, Seocho-ku, Seoul, Korea Tel: 02-3460-7114 Fax: 02-3460-7777 Net: www.kotra.or.kr Korea Foreign Trade Association 159-1, Samsong-Dong, Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, Korea Tel : 02-6000-0114 Fax : 02-6000-5310 Net : www.kotis.net Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry 45, 4-Ka Namdaemoon-Ro, Chung-Ku, Seoul, Korea Tel : 02-316-3114 Fax : 02-757-9475 Net : www.kcci.or.kr The Federation of Korean Industries 28-1, Youido-Dong, Youndungpo-Ku, Seoul, Korea 39

Tel : 02-3771-0114 Fax : 02-3771-0110 Net : www.korbiz.or.kr Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business 16-2, Youido-Dong, Youndungpo-Ku, Seoul, Korea Tel : 02-785-0010 Fax : 02-782-0247 Net : www.kfsb.or.kr Korea Importers Association 218, Hangangno 2-ga, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, Korea Tel : 02-792-1581/4 Fax : 02-785-4373 Net : www.koima.or.kr 40

Year Male Female Total 2000 23,666,769 23,341,342 47,008,111 2001 23,848,450 23,505,069 47,353,519 2002 23,980,764 23,634,368 47,615,132 2003 24,105,667 23,743,560 47,849,227 2004 24,228,209 23,853,954 48,082,163 2005 23,623,954 23,654,997 47,278,951 2006 24,267,609 24,029,575 48,297,184 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (1) Population growth rate 0.55 0.49 0.49 0.44 0.33 (2) Crude birth rate 10.3 10.2 9.8 9. 9. (2) Crude death rate 5.1 5.1 5.1 5. (3) Rate of natural increase 5.2 5.1 4.7 4. (4) Total fertility rate 1.17 1.19 1.16 1. 1. ( ) Expectation of life at birth (years) Male 73.38 73.8 7. - Female 80.44 80. 8. - 1,4 % 2,3 41

% ( ) Labour force (thousands) Labour participation rate (%) Year Male Female Total Male Female Total 2001 13,142 9,275 22,417 74.2 49.2 61.3 2002 13,411 9,466 22,877 74.8 49.7 61.9 2003 13,518 9,397 22,916 74.6 48.9 61.4 2004 13,703 9,668 23,370 74.8 49.8 62.0 2005 13,883 9,860 23,743 74.6 50.1 62.0 2006 13,978 10,001 23,987 74.1 50.3 61.9 Year ( ) Unemployed (thousands) ( ) ( ) Unemployment Rate (%) (Seasonally adjusted) 2001 889 4.0 2002 752 3.3 2003 818 3.6 2004 2005 2006 860 887 827 3.7 3.7 3.5 42

Industry 2003 2004 2005 2006 2,228,491 2,372,612 2,524,917 2,541,886 2,304,099 2,457,373 2,536,947 2,544,920 2,073,992 2,279,724 2,458,022 2,522,501 3,661,193 3,859,758 4,137,981 4,307,420 2,286,627 2,351,713 2,373,783 2,319,199 2,214,558 2,300,792 2,573,486 2,542,631 1,615,258 1,686,106 1,781,119 1,615,132 1,851,937 1,947,327 2,120,861 2,181,648 3,665,345 3,742,981 3,809,160 3,752,326 3,395,239 2,849,887 2,078,118 3,646,225 3,053,144 2,191,715 2,191,715 2,874,512 3,854,310 3,051,581 2,403,144 2,840,626 4,077,032 2,874,809 2,460,919 2,803,484 43

% ($ million %) Year Increasing Increasing Total Increasing Exports Imports Rate Rate trade Rate 2001 150,439-12.7 141,097-12.1 291,536-12.3 2002 162,470 8.0 152,126 7.8 314,596 7.9 2003 193,817 19.3 178,826 17.6 372,643 18.4 2004 253,844 31.0 224,462 25.5 478,306 28.3 2005 284,418 12.0 261,238 16.4 545,656 14.0 2006 325,465 14.4 309,383 18.4 634,848 16.3 $ million 2001 26,633 13,302 22,376 8,057 4,473 5,534 4,301 4,632 4,473 4,125 2002 29,856 17,399 23,008 7,550 5,472 5,973 4,831 4,210 4,723 4,041 2003 36,313 21,909 24,814 9,267 6,821 5,915 5,879 5,756 5,212 4,249 2004 46,144 29,584 28,782 11,799 8,485 7,437 7,312 7,290 6,368 5,678 2005 48,403 38,648 30,585 16,105 9,774 9,859 8,049 10,018 8,184 6,011 2006 51,926 48,557 33,654 20,552 11,365 11,309 9,288 12,931 8,849 7,242 44

$ million 2001 18,190 31,210 16,505 9,451 5,835 4,321 4,079 3,489 2,628 3,279 2002 23,753 32,780 15,143 10,145 6,631 4,287 4,221 4,255 3,218 3,144 2003 35,109 34,219 17,276 14,653 7,044 5,603 4,635 4,094 3,851 3,377 2004 49,763 42,849 21,701 18,127 9,844 8,334 5,653 5,515 4,480 3,677 2005 61,914 41,342 24,027 15,531 10,862 10,303 7,406 5,338 4,608 5,045 2006 69,549 43,184 26,534 18,979 12,996 10,056 9,489 5,635 5,227 4,874 2001 104.1 103.5 112.4 104.1 104.6 116.5 113.5 103.1 112.3 104.4 104.2 96.8 2002 106.9 107.7 127.9 110.1 103.2 126.0 105.2 106.3 111.4 110.3 105.2 92.5 2003 110.7 112.4 129.3 114.0 99.8 138.8 114.9 110.1 114.1 116.8 109.1 87.7 2004 114.7 119.5 129.3 115.8 97.2 147.8 125.5 110.5 115.8 122.9 113.2 86.3 2005 117.8 122.8 164.5 115.6 96.4 156.0 136.8 111.6 118.4 127.9 118.8 84.8 2006 102.2 100.5 100.0 100.4 101.5 104.6 108.9 103.0 102.0 104.9 104.6 98.7 2000 =100 45

,, 2001 99.5 103.7 101.2 97.9 108.4 101.1 2002 99.2 106.3 109.1 96.4 104.9 103.1 2003 101.4 112.4 110.8 98.1 108.0 105.5 2004 107.6 126.0 119.2 105.5 109.0 108.5 2005 109.9 121.4 127.1 108.8 110.3 109.9 2006 112.4 115.3 122.8 112.0 118.3 111.9 2000 =100 2002 2,244,388 358,530 277,020 168,424 128,841 61,406 59,600 53,687 51,754 45,009 2003 1,746,066 327,105 247,001 146,066 184,315 72,628 58,886 48,883 58,246 43,956 2004 2,375,578 398,769 331,436 145,365 295,169 74,112 66,481 54,494 56,137 52,040 2005 2,107,292 423,301 383,403 146,865 339,100 75,170 56,477 57,504 46,244 56,767 2006 2,256,445 408,906 392,142 133,903 326,224 72,939 70,104 59,616 49,109 64,923 90 46

2002 2.9 12.1 8.6 4.0 4.8 5.5 5.4 7.1 20.5 11.2 2003 3.2 13.3 10.2 4.1 4.8 5.6 5.6 7.6 25.0 13.0 2004 3.1 12.2 9.0 4.1 4.5 5.6 5.5 6.7 23.3 12.8 2005 3.7 14.4 11.3 4.3 5.4 6.0 6.1 8.4 20.3 14.7 2006 5.6 17.8 17.3 4.6 5.8 5.9 6.0 12.8 29.4 19.2 90 47

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