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Article: S. Korea faces surging interest burden on state bonds.
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- YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea
- Article date:
- October 14, 2007
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SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's payments of interest on state bonds surged in 2006 from a year ago as the government issued more debts to finance its spending, the finance ministry said Sunday. In a report to the National Assembly, the ministry said that the government paid 8.8 trillion won (US$9.6 billion) in interest on state bonds last year, up from 6.9 trillion won the previous year.The payment of interest on government bonds has been ...