S. Korea's foreign reserves turn downward in December

SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign reserves turned downward in seven months on measures to stabilize the foreign exchange market, central bank data showed Tuesday.

Foreign currency reserves declined 2.60 billion U.S. dollars from a month earlier to 428.05 billion dollars at the end of December, shifting downward after going up for the past six months, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).

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