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Despite slow economic growth,... a majority of Korean lawmakers and high-ranking government
officials seem to be enjoying their share of the pie.
According to data released by the ethics committees of the country's legislative, legal and administrative
bodies,... 60 percent... of more than 23-hundred officials... saw their wealth increase last
year. The jump was attributed to a rise in the appraised
value of land and personal savings. The average wealth of the officials.,... stood
at roughly 1-point-2 million dollars,... although they do not include four lawmakers whose net
worth totaled over 46 million U.S. dollars each.
President Park Geun-hye's total assets came to over 2-point-6 million dollars as of 2013,...
up 250-thousand dollars from the previous year.