Bar Korea main bank stops sellig gold and silver bars...

[montanabill]

Hearing about closing sales of gold brs and silver bars in Korea.

Banks halt sales of silver bars amid soaring demand

Banks are halting the sales of silver bars amid surging demand, driven by increasing global uncertainties brought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, industry officials said Friday.

Lenders also earlier suspended the sales of gold bars, which have emerged as the most popular safe-haven asset in recent months. from https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/biz/2025/02/602_392255.html?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

 

[SRM]

The article I read said that they were halting consumer sales for three weeks due to a lack of supply and increased US demand (CNBC)