# KRW/USD: Why is South Korea Worried About the Weak Won? - Bloomberg

> Officials have pressed the country's pension funds to sell dollars and urged conglomerates to convert more US earnings into won. These measures have not yet halted the won's decline against the dollar.

- Date: 2025-12-22 · published 2025-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21754-krw-usd-why-is-south-korea-worried-about-the-weak-won-bloomberg
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

Currency weakness raises the won cost of dollar-denominated feed imports, so buyers in Korea face higher input costs while the measures remain ineffective. Any successful stabilization would ease that pressure.

## Read by commodity

- USDKRW: bullish ▲

## Sources

- bloomberg.com: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-22/krw-usd-why-is-south-korea-worried-about-the-weak-won

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