South Korea has posted a current account surplus for the 21st year in a row.<br />The Bank of Korea says current account recorded a surplus of 76-point-four billion U.S. dollars in 2018, up by a billion dollars from the previous year.<br />The goods account posted a surplus of 112 billion dollars last year, while the services account deficit was 30 billion dollars. <br />That deficit has been reduced from 2017's 37 billion dollars thanks to improvements in the travel account. <br />But in December, the current account surplus was four-point-eight billion dollars for the month, down from five-point-two billion in November due to a drop in semiconductor and petrochemical goods exports... making it the lowest figure in eight months. <br />
