Seoul - Yonhap
South Korea's export growth has trailed off so far this year due to unfavorable external factors such as sluggish growth in emerging economies and a weak Japanese yen, a report by the country's international traders organization said Monday. Asia's fourth-largest economy posted average export growth of 4.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, but this has tapered off to just 0.7 percent on-year growth in the first two months of this year, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) said.