1.  Analysts said the recovery in fuel demand may be short lived because a weaker Korean currency, the won, makes dollar-denominated imports of oil more expensive.

2.  But now that Thai and Korean currencies have collapsed, China and Japan face pressures to respond.

3.  But overseas investors, worried that Kim would repudiate the IMF deal, sold Korean currency and stocks.

4.  Efforts to defend the Korean currency drained won from the banking system.

5.  He is also sticking with large, well-known entities, particularly exporters whose goods will become more attractive as the Korean currency, the won, falls.

6.  Interest rates are also soaring, which is the inevitable market response to give investors an incentive to hold onto the Korean currency.

7.  Korean currency traders said that the won should strengthen if foreign banks increase the amount of loans they renew to Korean banks and companies.

8.  Much may depend on the Korean currency, the won.

9.  News of the plan helped the Korean currency, or won, recover from a record low.

10.  Reality returned quickly Friday when both stocks and the Korean currency, the won, dropped sharply.