[Photo] Lee Chang-yong, Governor of the Bank of Korea, Holds Press Conference

Lee Chang-yong, Governor of the Bank of Korea, is speaking at a monetary policy direction press conference held on the 26th at the Bank of Korea in Jung-gu, Seoul. The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea raised the base interest rate by 0.25 percentage points from 1.50% to 1.75% on the same day. / Photo by Joint Press Corps