EconomyK-New Deal: South Korea to invest $133bn in digital, green sectors
President Moon Jae-in aims to create 1.9 million jobs by 2025
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday the "K-New Deal" will be the starting point for the country to lead the post-coronavirus world. © Kyodo
KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer
SEOUL -- South Korea on Tuesday unveiled $133 billion of post-coronavirus spending in what President Moon Jae-in called a "K-New Deal," echoing the term used by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt for the programs to pull his country out of the Great Depression in the 1930s.