[Photo] Bank of Korea Keeps Base Rate Unchanged at 2.5% for Fifth Consecutive Time

Bank of Korea Governor Rhee Changyong speaks at a press conference on monetary policy direction held at the Bank of Korea in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the morning of January 15. At its first meeting of the new year, the Monetary Policy Board of the Bank of Korea decided to keep the base interest rate unchanged at 2.50% per annum for the fifth consecutive time.