S. Korea's foreign currency deposit rises for 2nd month in July

SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign currency deposit rose for the second straight month due to strong demand for the U.S. dollar deposit, central bank data showed Friday.

The deposit, denominated in foreign currencies, gained 3.87 billion U.S. dollars from a month earlier to 94.44 billion dollars at the end of July, after growing 1.61 billion dollars in the previous month, according to the Bank of K