Add South Korea to the list of countries taking tentative steps to hedge their exposure to the US dollar, and fiat in general.

The Bank of Korea will buy approximately one ton of domestically produced gold in December, worth 200 billion won, according to the office of Rep. Chung Tae-ho of the Democratic Party of Korea, a member of the National Assembly’s Strategy and Finance Committee, on the 30th.

The move, which follows indirect investment through ETFs in the second quarter, signals a more active push into gold and marks the central bank’s first physical gold purchase in 13 years. The first transaction is scheduled for December 14, after the bank establishes the system needed for domestic gold trading

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