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Korean risk premiums exceed Thailand, ‘raised for the long term’

A rapid escalation in tensions on the Korean Peninsula following an announcement that North Korea was responsible for an attack on a South Korean naval vessel drew an instant response from the markets with spreads on South Korean sovereign five-year credit default swaps (CDS) pushed to a peak of close to 171.62 basis points on May 25, slightly higher than those of Thailand (170.375bp), which is

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