SEOUL kevin durant pas cher , Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's export volume kept rising for 10 months through August on the back of robust demand for locally-made automobiles and semiconductors, central bank data showed Monday.


The export volume index stood at 142.29 in August, up 8.5 percent from the same month of last year, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The index continued to gain for 10 months from November of last year.


The continued growth was attributed to solid demand for chips and cars. Export volume for electrical and electronic devices rose 6.6 percent chaussure kevin durant pas cher , with the figure for semiconductors jumping 20.2 percent.


Export volume for transport equipment advanced 15 percent, with passenger car exports surging 26 percent.


In terms of volume, exports of general machinery, precision machine and oil products posted a double-digit increase last month.


The import volume index came in at 135.82 in August kd 8 young yigers pas cher , up 8.8 percent from a year earlier.


Import volumes of general machinery, electrical and electronic devices, the primary metal products and precision machines all increased by a double digit.


South Korea's trade terms were improved. The net terms-of-trade index for goods, which refers to the volume of goods that can be imported with the proceeds of a unit export kd 8 vinary pas cher , rose 2 percent in August from a year ago.


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DUBAI, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) fell by one place in the latest global ranking of competitiveness, a report said Wednesday.


The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Wednesday in an e-mailed statement that the UAE fell in its global ranking report 20172018 to position 17 (out of 137 countries) from position 16 (out of 138 countries) in the previous year.


The WEF said while the UAE continues to lead the Arab World in terms of competitiveness, it loses one place as other countries post even larger gains.


Although the International Monetary Fund predicted UAE's gross domestic product (GDP) growth to drop to 1.3 percent this year kd 8 n7 pas cher , its non-oil growth is expected to pick up, suggesting that the country's diversification strategy is bearing fruit, the report said.


In order to further increase its competitiveness, the UAE will have to speed up progress in terms of spreading the latest digital technologies (36th) and upgrading education (36th) kd 8 easy euro pas cher , it added.


Switzerland tops the global ranking of competitiveness in the latest WEF report, followed by the United States and Singapore.


In order to advance in the global competitiveness ranking, the UAE must improve access to financing for companies, improve the general education level and ease labor regulations kd 8 christmas pas cher , among other factors, the WEF said.


It criticized the "poor work ethic in national labor force" in the UAE, while lauding the government's stability in the Gulf state which aims to reduce the share of oil in the GDP from 29 percent to 19 percent by 2024.


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RIO DE JANEIRO， August 16 (Xinhua) -- World Cup runners-up Serbia swept Russia 3-0 (25-9， 25-22， 25-21) in the Olympic women's volleyball tournament on Tuesday evening to enter an Olympic semi-final for the first time in history.


Tijana Boskovic had 15 kills and five aces to lead Serbia with 20 points with Milena Rasic and Brankica Mihajlovic adding 16 and 14 respectively.


Serbia converted on 42 of their 87 attacking attempts while Russia managed 29 kills in 77 tries. Serbia produced a total of 12 aces， compared to two for Russia.


Tatiana Kosheleva led Russia with 17 points.


Serbia will play the United States， 3-0 winners over Japan in the quarter-finals earlier on Tuesday， in Thursday's semi-finals.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that the United States was considering whether or not to close down the U.S. embassy in Cuba after U.S. diplomats fell ill.


""We have it under evaluation and it's a very serious issue with respect to the harm some individuals have suffered,"" said Tillerson in an interview with CBS.


""We've brought some of those people home. It's under review,"" he added.


The U.S. State Department revealed last month that at least 16 Americans working at the U.S. embassy in Havana kd 8 aunt pearl pas cher , Cuba, suffered physical symptoms caused by some ""incidents.""


The U.S. authorities later confirmed that at least 21 Americans suffered physical symptoms.


No details of the injuries have been released, but media reports said the affected Americans suffered a severe hearing loss and at least one victim suffered some ""brain damage.""


The United States expelled two Cuban diplomats in late May after some U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana reported that some ""incidents"" caused ""a variety of physical symptoms"" in them.


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