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President Park aiming to diversify Korea's economic cooperation with Middle East
Since Korean businesses started winning construction projects in the Middle East in the 1970s, the region has become Korea's largest overseas market for plant construction, generating nearly 40 percent of total orders received. Korea also depends heavily on oil imports from the Middle East. During her trip, President Park Geun-hye will seek a more diversified and deeper economic cooperation with the region to secure a new growth engine for the Korean economy. Speaking to reporters in Seoul prior to departure, the president said that, in preparation for the post-oil era, the Middle East is seeking to diversify its oil-centered industries, and improve the quality of life through developments in education, health care and infrastructure. She says this fits perfectly in line with her three-year economic plan to spur growth thr...
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