
South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Kyung- hwan speaks during the opening ceremony of the Won-yuan market in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 01, 2014. A market to directly trade currencies of South Korea and China, rather than brokering the two currencies with the U.S. dollar, was opened here in Seoul Monday, taking its first step toward Chinese yuan's internationalization efforts in Northeast Asia. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)