South Korea's finance minister Hong Nam-ki is attributing the employment gains to the government's policies.<br />And the government, he says, will continue to focus on economic vitality and employment.<br />In a meeting Wednesday with other ministers, Hong discussed a range of issues such as ways to boost the content industry... and strategies to strengthen exports.<br />Hong said over the next three years the government will invest around two-point-two billion U.S. dollars to help with R&D and overseas M&As.<br />He also said Korea will aim to raise the proportion of strategic and emerging markets in its exports to 45 percent by 2022 as a way of responding to uncertainties.<br />