The Korea Composite Stock Price Index has also been surging over the past three days as of Thursday morning, moving up 5.80 points to 1941.38.

Also, other indexes have shown South Korea is and remains as an attractive business destination, with foreign direct investment reaching $3.39 billion in 2013 Q1. This is a whopping 45% increase from 2012.

The president explained her “creative economy” mantra will also apply to foreign businesses who she urged to expand their investment into innovation-forward R&D and strengthen cooperation with Korean companies.

Systematic support for e-commerce from the government could be good, but what do you think?

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