이총리, "중소기업인 혁신성장에 박차 가할것"<br /><br />Seoul's Prime Minister thanked small and mid-sized businesses for their contributions to the local economy and the job market.<br />At a new year's event for SMEs, the Lee Nak-yon noted that the 2019 economic forecast isn't very bright and called on businesses to be ready.<br />The PM promised to visit their industrial sites more often this year... to listen to the problems they face on the ground.<br />He also pledged to inject the biggest-ever R&D budget for the firms to help them technologically... and to deregulate so they have room to develop.<br />Lee praised the SMEs for their exports, which reached over 100 billion U.S. dollars last year, and venture companies whose sales came to 90-million dollars. <br />
