Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Oct. 13

NAMPA / Xinhua

2025-10-13

SEOUL -- South Korea's foreign exchange authorities on Monday issued a verbal intervention over excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market. The Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Bank of Korea (BOK) said in a joint statement that the FX authorities are closely monitoring the possibility of herd behavior, with caution, in the process of the local currency's expanded volatility, caused by internal and external factors. (South Korea......

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