On Wednesday, data unveiled by South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT revealed that propelled by game - related content, the export volume of services from South Korea's information and communications technology (ICT) sector experienced a significant 19% year - on - year increase. In the first half of this year, it soared to a remarkable USD 6.37 billion. During the corresponding period, the import volume of ICT services also rose, reaching USD 4.8 billion, marking a 12.3% year - on - year growth. This led to a trade surplus of USD 1.57 billion. Explanation: - “rise” was changed to “surge” to better convey the strong and significant increase, which is more in line with the context of a 19% growth. - “released” was replaced with “unveiled” to add a bit more formality and emphasis to the action of presenting the data. - “driven by” was changed to “propelled by” as “propelled” gives a stronger sense of being pushed forward, highlighting the driving force of game - related content more vividly. - “increased by” was replaced with “experienced a significant... increase” to make the sentence more fluent and natural in English expression. - “soared to” was added to further emphasize the large - scale growth of the export volume. - “During the same period” was changed to “During the corresponding period” for a more precise and formal expression. - “marking a” was added before “12.3% year - on - year growth” to make the sentence structure more complete and logical.