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New foreign direct investment pledged to South Korea hit a record high of 15.05 billion US dollars in the first nine months of this year despite market uncertainties such as corporation restructuring at a home and a global economic slowdown, data showed Tuesday.
The nine-month tally was up 13.4 percent from $13.27 billion a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. For the third quarter alone, new FDI pledges were up 2.1 percent on-year to $4.49 billion.
By region, new foreign direct investment (FDI) from the European Union stood at $5.32 billion in the first nine months, up 195 percent on year. US investors pledged a total of $3.07 billion while new FDI pledges from China rose to $1.66 billion from $550 million.
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