A clerk sorts US$100 banknotes at the headquarters of Hana Bank in Seoul on Aug. 5, 2026. The country's foreign reserves gained US$590 million from a month earlier to US$427.95 billion as of end-July, due to issuance of foreign exchange stabilization bonds, according to data from the Bank of Korea. (Yonhap)

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