Soaring household debt threatens South Korean recovery

Seoul clamps down on speculation in overheated real estate market

1027N South Korean property

Buying of investment properties like housing has driven up South Korean household debt.

SOTARO SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Though South Korea's economy is growing beyond expectations on the back of a thriving chip industry, swelling household debt poses risks to the precarious recovery.

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