A Rating Agency Perspective on Korea

A Rating Agency Perspective on Korea

- Speaker: Thomas Byrne, Vice President, Moody's Investor's Service

- Date: April 12, 2005.

"Korea's fiscal position is sound, but remains burduned from the residue of the 1997 crisis... Our assessment of the economic, financial and geopolitical facing Korea is that while uncertainties lie in the future, the near-term constellation of factors supports a table outlook on an A3 rating..."