South Korea’s FX Reserves Increase in September

2025-10-09 21:07 By Mojdeh Kazemi 1 min. read

South Korea's foreign exchange reserves increased to $422 billion in September 2025, up from $416.3 billion in August.

The increase was driven by higher securities holdings, which climbed to $378.4 billion from $366.2 billion.

Meanwhile, Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) remained steady at $15.8 billion, gold reserves held at $4.8 billion, and the IMF reserve position stayed at $4.5 billion.

On the other hand, deposits declined to $18.5 billion from $25 billion.



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