S. KOREAN FINANCE MINISTRY LIKELY TO SUBMIT EXTRA BUDGET PROSPOSAL

Highlights –

• S. Korean finance ministry likely to submit an extra budget proposal.
• Finance Minister Hong Nam Ki has instructed officials to do the same by next week.
• The govt. and the ruling Democratic Party may surpass the budget by more than $13.5 billion.
• Due to the outbreak of bird flu, the prices of eggs rose 15.2 percent on-year in January.

On Mon....