Top S.Korean economic, finance officials to meet Thursday

Currency dealers walk past an electronic board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL, June 15 (Reuters) – South Korea’s top economic and finance officials, including the finance minister and the central bank chief, plan to meet early on Thursday to discuss the economy and financial market situation, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

The ministry said in a statement the top presidential aide on economic affairs and the deputy head of the financial regulatory agency would also attend the meeting, scheduled from 7:00 a.m. (2200 GMT Wednesday).

Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Jacqueline Wong

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