11.  Samsung Electronics Co. and other companies with heavy dollar-denominated debts pulled the index lower on concern a fall in the Korean currency will squeeze profits.

12.  Since then the Korean currency has partly recovered, but the country is headed into deep recession.

13.  The bad news scared foreign lenders, who withdrew their money and sent the Korean currency and stock markets plummeting again.

14.  The derivatives market already reflects a wager by many investors the slide in the Korean currency will continue.

15.  The industrialist borrowed in the Korean currency, the won, and agreed to make repayment in won.

16.  The Korean currency, the won, has lost half its value against the dollar since October.

17.  The Korean currency is plummeting, driving prices for imported consumer goods higher.

18.  The Korean currency resumed its free fall after the election, ending a week of rocky swings.

19.  The move led to the collapse of the Indonesian, Malaysian, Philippine and South Korean currencies.

20.  The weakening Korean currency is seen slowing economies worldwide and hurt demand for Taiwan-made products, such as computer parts.