TOKYO -- Talk is growing of reviving the currency swap agreement between Japan and South Korea that expired in February 2015. It is South Korea that broached the idea of concluding a new deal, which would enable each country to secure dollars from the other in exchange for its own currency during financial emergencies.
Yoo Il-ho, incoming deputy prime minister for economic affairs and minister of strategy and finance © yonhap/kyodo What prompted South Korea's move?
