Value of Japanese yen drop twice that of Korean won due to surging U.S. dollar

The value of the Japanese yen has dropped by more than twice the value of the Korean won over the past three months... on the back of the strengthening U.S. dollar.
An index tracking the greenback against six other major currencies shows the dollar recorded a near 8-percent gain since the end of June.
The Japanese yen dropped 7-point-6-percent to the greenback to around 110 yen last month.
The Korean won fell by a mere 4-percent during the same period.
This has also affected Korea′s foreign exchange reserves... which contracted for the second consecutive month in September... to 364-point-4 billion dollars.