41.   Kim said the reforms will help the bloated conglomerates slim down, cut debts and restore foreign confidence in the battered Korean economy.

42.   Now on a trip to Washington, President Kim Dae-jung has urged them to invest back home to save the battered Korean economy.

43.   President Kim said the reforms will help the bloated conglomerates to slim down, cut debts and restore foreign confidence in the battered Korean economy.

44.   The joint news conference covered a range of other issues, including efforts to boost the Korean economy, U.N. inspections in Iraq and turmoil in Indonesia.

45.   Their presence spawned a vast sex industry, a source of badly needed hard currency for the war-torn Korean economy.

46.   When the Korean economy slowed down, many of them went bust.

47.   Heavy interference in the Korean economy requires a high level of human and other resources within the governmental bureaucracy that are often unavailable, she said.

48.   The OECD is aware of this, as shown by the publication last week of an in-depth OECD survey of the Korean economy.