S. Korea's corporate bond sale logs double-digit fall in August

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's corporate bond sale logged a double-digit fall in August due to weaker funding demand from both industrial and financial companies, financial watchdog data showed Monday.

The issuance of corporate bonds dropped 20.5 percent over the month to 18.63 trillion won (13.4 billion U.S. dollars) in August, according to the Financial Supervisory Service.

Bonds, sold by ind