South Korean Economy Boosted As Won Jumps To New High (Picture-2460871)

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 22: A South Korean banker stands behind US dollar bank notes at the Korea Exchange bank on February 22, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean won jumped to its highest intraday level in more than seven years in domestic trade on Tuesday, boosted by strong foreign equity buying and exporter deals. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 22: A South Korean banker carries US dollar bank notes at the Korea Exchange bank on February 22, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean won jumped to its highest intraday level in more than seven years in domestic trade on Tuesday, boosted by strong foreign equity buying and exporter deals. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 4: South Korean university students hold placards that read 'No More Blood For Dollars' during an anti-war rally April 4, 2003 in Seoul, South Korea. Despite strong public protests, South Korea's parliament endorsed the dispatch of troops to help the coalition war effort in Iraq. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

NEW YORK- NOVEMBER 27: A doctor examines the x-rays of a tuberculosis (TB) patient at a TB clinic Novmeber 27, 2002 in Brooklyn, New York. Healthcare workers around the country oversee patients in a program called Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) that ensures carriers of the tuberculosis bacteria take their medication. Tuberculosis is a contagious disease of the lungs that is spread through the air and kills around 2 million people annually, mainly in third world countries. It is relatively easy and affordable to treat, with a six-month series of drugs costing around 10 dollars. While the number of TB cases in the United States has dropped in recent years, the disease is still particularly strong among the foreign-born, the homeless and impoverished contributing to the deaths of thousands of Americans yearly. As of 2000, over 16,000 Americans have contracted tuberculosis. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK- NOVEMBER 27: Rebecca Stevens, a field worker for the National Tuberculosis Program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, walks into a homeless shelter to give Tuberculosis (TB) medicine to a patient November 27, 2002 in Newark, New Jersey. Stevens, and hundreds of similar workers around the country, oversee patients in a program called Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) that ensures carriers of the tuberculosis bacteria take their medication. Tuberculosis is a contagious disease of the lungs that is spread through the air and kills around 2 million people annually, mainly in third world countries. It is relatively easy and affordable to treat, with a six-month series of drugs costing around 10 dollars. While the number of TB cases in the United States has dropped in recent years, the disease is still particularly strong among the foreign-born, the homeless and impoverished contributing to the deaths of thousands of Americans yearly. As of 2000, over 16,000 Americans have contracted Tuberculosis. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 22: A South Korean banker stands behind US dollar bank notes at the Korea Exchange bank on February 22, 2005 in Seoul, South Korea. The South Korean won jumped to its highest intraday level in more than seven years in domestic trade on Tuesday, boosted by strong foreign equity buying and exporter deals. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

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