- South Korea: Foreign investors in South Korea have jumped 76% to 15.54 billion USD in 1999, when compared to the previous year. Furthermore, the Trade and Industry Ministers added that he is expecting an extra 16 billion during 2000. The EU has contributed to the level of 40.3% with 6.26 billion USD invested, followed by the United States with 3.75 billion and Japan with 1.75 billion.