S. Korea's foreign currency deposit rises for 3rd month in August

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign currency deposit rose for the third successive month due to solid demand for the U.S. dollar deposit, central bank data showed Thursday.

The deposit, denominated in foreign currencies, grew 5.97 billion U.S. dollars from a month earlier to 100.41 billion dollars at the end of August, after expanding 1.61 billion dollars in June and 3.87 billion dollars in July, a