S.Korea's foreign currency deposit falls in April

SEOUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign currency deposit fell last month owing to higher import costs and corporate overseas investment, central bank data showed Monday.

Deposit, denominated in foreign currencies, came to 86.99 billion U.S. dollars at the end of April, down by 5.72 billion dollars from a month earlier, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).

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