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It looks like intervention in the Korean won

It looks like intervention in the Korean won

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Eamonn Sheridan
08/01/2018 | 01:34 GMT

Bank of Korea suspected of buying USD against the KRW

The won has been on a surge lately, along with many Asian currencies - the BoK are in to take some of the heat out of it.

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