Financial authorities reaffirm timely response against volatile currency market

The country's financial authorities on Thursday reaffirmed that they will take timely steps, if necessary, to stem volatility in the currency market. In a meeting on the financial market, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said the authorities will step up the market monitoring and reconfirmed timely actions against the won's decline, if necessary. The meeting was also attended by Lee Eog-weon, chairman of the Financial Services Commission; Lee Chan-jin, governor of the Financial Supervisory Service