# (LEAD) S. Korea sells US$187 mln in FX market intervention in H2 2018 | Yonhap News Agency

> The Bank of Korea disclosed that it sold a net $187 million in foreign currency to stabilize the won in the second half of 2018. The won traded between 1,100 and 1,150 per dollar over that period. This is the first time the central bank has published such intervention data.

- Date: 2019-03-29 · published 2019-03-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/60340-lead-s-korea-sells-us-187-mln-in-fx-market-intervention-in-h2-2018-yonhap-news
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

This is a transparency disclosure about currency intervention with no direct effect on feed commodity supply or demand.

## Sources

- en.yna.co.kr: https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190329003451320

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