Currency dealers monitor exchange rates in front of a screen showing South Korea's benchmark stock index in a trading room at the KEB Hana Bank in Seoul on March 25, 2019 - South Korean stocks fell at their steepest rate in five months on March 25 as investors dumped local shares amid fears over a global economic recession. Yonhap News Agency reported. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 42.09 points, or 1.92 percent, to 2,144.86. (Photo by JUNG Yeon-Je / AFP)