Korea's exports soared 45.6 percent in May, the sharpest growth since 1988 thanks to a rebound in mainstay export items including semiconductors, cars and petrochemical products. 
 
Outbound shipments from the country totaled $50.7 billion last month, a record for the month of May, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Tuesday. 
 
This follows 41.2 percent growth in April compared to a year earlier, and the seventh consecutive month of expansion. 


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