A clerk sorts US$100 banknotes at the headquarters of Hana Bank in Seoul on Sept. 3, 2026. The country's foreign reserves increased US$14.33 billion from a month earlier to US$442.28 billion as of end-August, rising by the largest amount due to an increase in dollar-denominated assets, according to data from the Bank of Korea. (Yonhap)

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