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OPINION: A stronger won can buy BOK more time
OPINION: A stronger won can buy BOK more time South Korean policymakers spent much of the first half wrestling with a stubbornly weak won anchored around levels associated with previous periods of financial stress, even as the stock market roared to records and the economy posted its strongest growth in nearly five years on a semiconductor bonanza. The Bank of Korea enters this week's rate-setting meeting with an almost opposite financial-market picture. The won is at its strongest since September 2025. Bond yields hav August 24, 2026