U.S. keeps S. Korea on its 'monitoring list' for FX policy

▲ This captured image from the Treasury Department shows the front page of the department's Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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U.S. keeps S. Korea on its 'monitoring list' for FX policy

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (Yonhap) -- The United States has kept South Korea on its list of countries to monitor for their foreign exchange policies, a Treasury Department report showed Thursday.

The department released the updated list in the semiannual "Report to Congress on Macroeconomic and Foreign Exchange Policies of Major Trading Partners of the United States."

The latest monitoring list comprises South Korea, China, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. All except Thailand were on the Monitoring List in the June 2025 Report.

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