U.S. keeps S. Korea on monitoring list for currency practices

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U.S. keeps S. Korea on monitoring list for currency practices

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Friday it is keeping South Korea on its list of countries to be monitored for currency practices.

The U.S. Treasury Department has placed 11 other countries, including China and Japan, on its "Monitoring List" of key trading partners that "merit close attention to their currency practices and macroeconomic policies" in its semiannual report to Congress.

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