North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase the nuclear weapons for self-defense, the state media said Friday.

Kim made the call

North Korea’s rare revelation of its uranium enrichment facility is aimed at giving a clear message to the United States that the denuclearization of the North will be impossible, whoever wins the U.S. presidential

South Korea’s import prices fell in August, snapping a two-month rise mainly due to a fall in global oil prices and the strengthening Korean won, central bank data showed Friday.

The import price index

South Korea’s money supply continued to increase in July from a month earlier amid an extended tightening policy mode, central bank data showed Friday.

The country’s M2, a key gauge of the money supply,

Foreign investors became net sellers of South Korean shares in August, ending their nine-month buying streak, data showed Friday.

Offshore investors net sold 2.51 trillion won (US$1.87 billion) worth of local shares last month,