Although South Korea is one of the more developed financial markets, the operating hours for its foreign exchange (FX) market have been quite limited. Until now, the Korean won trading has only been active for 6.5 hours, but it will soon be significantly prolonged. This change will be groundbreaking, extending the official session to 17 hours. According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, FX authorities are ready to substantially extend the time for official quotations as part of the currency market's deregulation process. From the current duration of just under 7 hours, shorter than most stock exchange sessions ... (full story)