Choi Sang-mok, Acting President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Strategy and Finance, said on the 7th, 'Please quickly prepare additional measures to rationalize regulations related to foreign exchange inflows and outflows to alleviate the imbalance in foreign exchange supply and demand.'
On the morning of the same day, Acting President Choi held a macroeconomic and financial issues meeting (F4 meeting) at the Government Seoul Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, noting, 'The increasing external uncertainty is being reflected in the expansion of domestic investors' overseas securities investments.'
In addition to Acting President Choi, the meeting was attended by Lee Bok-hyun, Chief of the Financial Supervisory Service, Lee Chang-yong, Governor of the Bank of Korea, Acting President Choi, and Kim Byeong-hwan, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission.
Acting President Choi emphasized, 'The recent financial and foreign exchange markets face significant external uncertainties due to the United States' imposition of new tariffs, responses from major countries, and geopolitical factors. Please maintain a high level of vigilance and closely monitor global economic and financial market trends 24 hours a day.'