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The Korean won has fallen for five consecutive weeks, falling more than 12% since the end of September.

The Korean won finally fell 0.18% against the US dollar to 1470.89 won. It fell to 1487.03 won at 10:34 Beijing time, continuing to approach the 1500 won mark and the bottom of 1508.95 won on March 11, 2009. It fell to 1597.45 won on March 6 of that year, falling 1.79% this week, and the cumulative decline since the end of September has reached 12.6%.