11.   Korean stocks also continued to climb early Tuesday.

12.   Korean stocks rose when the current account figure was announced, led by computer chip manufacturers and other leading exporters.

13.   Korean stocks tumbled today as the prospect of an IMF bailout hit home.

14.   Korean stocks also plunged.

15.   KOREAN INVESTORS WARY Korean stocks opened sharply lower after the election of long-time dissident Kim Dae Jung but recovered somewhat in morning trading.

16.   Korean stocks and bonds also rose in recent days.

17.   Korean stocks surged today.

18.   Korean stocks, which trade in a half-day session on Saturdays, rose.

19.   Meantime, Korean stocks staged their biggest rally in two weeks after the government said it would take measures to stabilize stocks and the currency, or won.

20.   Mounting debts, thousands of bankruptcies and slowing economies caused Korean stocks, bonds and the currency, the won, to plunge in the past two months.