[THE INVESTOR] Korea’s economic recovery is being delayed as local companies are fast losing vitality, a study conducted by LG Economic Research Institute showed. Korea’s equity market that is in the doldrums reflects the downtick in business activities here, Lee Han-deuk, senior researcher at the think tank said in his report published on June 20. The study notes that the compound annual growth rate of Korean firms’ market capitalization slowed to 3.2 percent between 2011 and 2015, compared to

[THE INVESTOR] Korea’s exports will show small improvement in the second half of the year, the Institute for International Trade projected in a report released on June 22. In the report, IIT projected that Korea’s exports will come in at US$260.5 billion in the second half of the year, up 0.9 percent from the same period last year. The IIT cited developed nations’ economic recovery, rising oil prices and improving demand from emerging economies for the projection. The IIT forecast that crude oil