[Breaking] Hong Nam-gi "Decision on extension of maturity and interest repayment deferral for all financial sectors by early March"

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[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki presides over the Macroeconomic and Financial Meeting held at the Seoul Federation of Banks Building on the 18th.

Attendees include Lee Ju-yeol, Governor of the Bank of Korea, Eun Sung-soo, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission, and Yoon Seok-heon, Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Service.

This Macroeconomic and Financial Meeting, where Deputy Prime Minister Hong and the Bank of Korea Governor sit together, is the first in one year since February last year.

It has been 11 months since Deputy Prime Minister Hong personally presided over the meeting, last on March 13 of last year.