Yen firms after North Korea says considering plan to strike Guam

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Yen firms after North Korea says considering plan to strike Guam

Yen firms after North Korea says considering plan to strike Guam

The yen firmed slightly against the dollar early on Wednesday after North Korea said it is considering plans for a missile strike on the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam. The strike plan would be put into practice at any moment once leader Kim Jong Un makes a decision, a spokesman for the Korean People’s Army (KPA) said in a statement carried by the North’s state-run KCNA news agency. The dollar weakened slightly against the yen, which is often sought in times of geopolitical tension.

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Source:: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/yen-firms-north-korea-says-233919153.html

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