Turning to some economic news now...<br />South Korea's import and export prices fell for the month of August...mainly on the weakening Korean won.<br />Kim Hyesung has the details. <br /> Korea's export and import prices both fell in August.<br />According to the Bank of Korea Friday, export prices dropped one-tenth of a percent from the previous month... on the weakening won, which fell against the U.S. dollar by a tenth of a percent on-month to an average of 1-thousand-1-hundred-21 Korean won. <br />Compared to the same period last year, export prices went up around two percent.<br /> By item, exports of agricultural goods went up zero-point-six percent on-month.<br />But the rise was offset by falling prices for industrial goods like primary metals and textile products. <br /> Import prices in August also fell by zero-point-two percent on-month.<br />The Bank attributed the drop to lower global oil prices.<br />Dubai crude went down by nearly one percent on-month to 72-and-a-half dollars a barrel.<br />Prices of intermediary goods and consumer goods fell. <br /> Raw material prices also dropped zero-pont-four pecent on-month on lower prices for industrial goods.<br />Kim Hyesung, Arirang News. <br />
