이총리, "새해 정부 내외의 불안 선제적으로 대처하고 할 것"<br /><br />South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon wished business circles the best year to come and vowed to do his utmost to help out.<br />At a New Year's celebratory event on Thursday, the PM marked the nation reaching the 30-thousand U.S. dollar mark in per capita income and the population exceeding 50 million people, making South Korea the seventh country to achieve such feat last year.<br />Prime Minister Lee praised business representatives for enduring recent uncertainties in and out of the nation, such as the U.S.-China trade dispute throughout 2018.<br />The PM also vowed to take preemptive steps to ease tensions, encourage investment, support new industries to prosper, and continue deregulation efforts. <br />
