South Korea's foreign exchange reserves edged up on-month in March.<br />The Bank of Korea says reserves amounted to 405-point-three billion U.S. dollars, up 580 million dollars from February.<br />The central bank said the rise was largely due to higher operating profits from its foreign currency assets.<br />As of the end of Feburary, South Korea had the world's eighth largest foreign exchange reserves, with China topping the list. <br />