SEOUL : South Korea's finance minister affirmed on Tuesday his pledge to keep the financial markets stable while the ministry said he held a meeting with the central bank chief to discuss the current market situation.
Minister Choo Kyung-ho convened an unscheduled internal meeting of senior officials and told them to"keep the instability on the foreign exchange and other financial markets from increasing," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry said separately Choo visited the Bank of Korea and held a meeting with Governor Rhee Chang-yong to discuss the market situation, adding that details would not be disclosed.