73% of foreign buyers can 'buy Korea's nat'l brand with confidence'

Employment surged, joblessness fell last month in record fashion

Korea ranked 10th in no. of world-leading export items with 77

Cosmetics comprised 31% of record-high e-commerce exports last year

Per capita GNI last year rose 10.3% to USD 35,168

Korea was world's No. 5 carmaker last year with 3.46M units