For the first quarter of this year, it posted a deficit of $4.46 billion, the biggest since the third quarter of 2008. (Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Sandra Maler)
SEOUL, May 10 (Reuters) - South Korea's current account
balance in March ended a two-month run of deficit to post a
surplus, but suffered its biggest quarterly deficit in more than
14 years during the January-March period, data showed on
Wednesday.
The country posted a $0.27 billion current account surplus
in March, after setting a deficit in each of the preceding two
months, the Bank of Korea data showed.
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