An employee of the Korea Exchange Bank holding foreign currencies walks next to stacks of one hundred dollar notes at the bank's headquarters in Seoul November 3, 2009. South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose nearly $10 billion in October to the second largest amount on record as Asia's fourth-largest economy quickly pulled out of the global financial crisis. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 27 months ago

An employee of the Korea Exchange Bank holding foreign currencies walks next to stacks of one hundred dollar notes at the bank's headquarters in Seoul November 3, 2009. South Korea's foreign exchange reserves rose nearly $10 billion in October to the second largest amount on record as Asia's fourth-largest economy quickly pulled out of the global financial crisis.

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