Seoul - Yonhap
South Korea will help sustain its economic growth this year by frontloading its budget spending during the first half in the face of tough economic conditions at home and abroad, the finance minister said Wednesday. \"We will introduce a plan next week to frontload (this year\'s) fiscal budget in order to systematically support expenditures being pursued by each ministry and agency,\" Bahk Jae-wan told a crisis management meeting with other policymakers.