The soaring exchange has also been a big blow, rising from US $ 1 ︰ 89O won in 1985, to a rate of US $ 1 ︰ 723 won in May this year. With this 18.76 percent rate of appreciation, cries of anguish from export-led Korean industry have come thick and fast.
匯率升值也是一大打擊。一九八五年底，一美元可兌八九○韓圜，其後升多貶少，以今年五月的一美元兌七二三韓圜來算，升值幅度達百分之十八．七六，使得和我們同樣以出口為導向的韓國產業叫苦連天。