S. Korea's foreign reserves fall in January

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign reserves fell in January due to one-off factors such as the authorities' intervention to stabilize the foreign exchange market, central bank data showed Wednesday.

Foreign currency reserves declined 4.59 billion U.S. dollars from a month earlier to 411.01 billion dollars at the end of January, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).

The downturn was attributed