Always-on won: dealers fret about risks in landmark shift to 24-hour trading

SEOUL, June 26 : Over an 18-year career trading currencies in Seoul, Namkoong Taehun was on the front lines of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the post-Brexit plunge in the pound, and the won's dramatic tailspin after South Korea's 2024 martial law decree. Now his job will be stretched around the clock as South Korea's long-cloistered currency opens up to a 24-hour trading cycle from July 6, with