And in trade, South Korea remained strongly in the black for June, though less so compared to May.<br />The current account surplus came to 7-point-4 billion U.S. dollars.<br />That's down more than a billion from the month before but up about 400 million dollars from a year earlier.<br /> The surplus in goods was also down on month, but it rose on year to 10 billion dollars thanks to demand for semiconductors.<br />Korea continues to run a deficit in services, and that widened from May.<br />The services deficit came to 2-point-4-5 billion dollars.<br /> For the first half of this year, in total,... the current account surplus comes to 29-point-6 billion -- down nearly 17 percent from the first half last year... and the lowest figure in six years. <br />
