SOUTH KOREA'S LEADING INDICATORS RISE IN FEBRUARY
  South Korea's index of leading indicators
  rose 1.9 pct to 172.9 (base 1980) in February after a 0.8 pct
  rise in January, to stand 17.2 pct higher than in Feburary
  1986, provisional Economic Planning Board figures show.
      The index is based on 10 indicators which include export
  values, letters of credit received, warehouse stocks, M-1 and
  M-3 money supply figures and the composite stock exchange
  index.
  

