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In addition, Korean Finance Minister Lee Kyu Sung says the government will provide 50 trillion won by year's end to spur new lending and bring capital adequacy ratios to the 8% recommended for international banks.
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That yields capital-adequacy ratios of about 11%, well above the 8% that international rules require.
ECONOMIST: Their condition only gets worse
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The two loss-making banks, among several others, were forced to submit restructuring plans to the government by the poor level of their capital-adequacy ratios.
ECONOMIST: Business this week | The
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Of these, two international banks Yasuda Trust and Daiwa would have reported capital-adequacy ratios of less than 4%, a trigger under the new legislation for instant nationalisation.
ECONOMIST: Japanese banks