Containers are stacked at a port in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, May 8. Yonhap
Korea posted its second-largest monthly current account surplus in April, driven by strong exports of semiconductors, central bank data showed Friday.
The current account surplus totaled $28.29 billion in April, down from an all-time high of $37.93 billion in March, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).
Compared with the same month a year earlier, the figure surged from $4.51 billion, marking the second-largest monthly surplus on record after the March figure.
Korea has reported a current account surplus every month since May 2023, extending its winning streak to 36 consecutive months, the second longest in history.
