S. Korea logs current account surplus in May

SEOUL, July 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korea logged current account surplus in May due to solid export, central bank data showed Friday.

Current account balance, the broadest measure of cross-border trade, recorded a surplus of 8.92 billion U.S. dollars in May after posting a deficit of 290 million dollars in the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).

For the first five months of this year, the cu