Acting Chief Executive Choi Sang-mok said, "Overcoming the crisis together... 'Export and Investment' Focuses on Customized Corporate Support"

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Acting President Choi Sang-mok said the current crisis can be overcome when the government, the National Assembly and businessmen all work closely together in one mind.

Focusing on customized corporate support for boosting exports and investment, he emphasized that he would continue to pursue what he had to do without wavering.

Reporter Park Hee-jae reports.

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Acting President Choi Sang-mok attended a series of business events to mark the New Year.

Following martial law and impeachment, as the trade environment became unstable ahead of the inauguration of the new Trump administration in the U.S., he took steps to take care of companies.

Acting President Choi Sang-mok, who visited both the business New Year's party and the small and medium-sized business New Year's party attended by the heads of major conglomerates,
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government said it would provide customized investment support and emphasized that we should overcome the crisis together.

[Choi Sang-mok / Acting President (New Year's Meeting in the business world): (The government) will focus on providing customized corporate support to boost exports and investment. " (Businessmen) should also take the lead in creating exports, investment and jobs by using the current crisis as an opportunity for new growth and leap forward."]

[Choi Sang-mok / Acting President (Small and Medium Business New Year's Meeting): We will actively support the recovery of domestic demand and ensure that the warmth of economic growth is delivered quickly to SMEs and small business owners.]

He vowed to communicate closely with the National Assembly and provide all necessary support, including the passage of the pending semiconductor law.

[Choi Sang-mok / Acting President (Economy New Year's Meeting): We will actively participate in the discussion of the ruling, opposition, and political consultative body for the prompt legislation of key economic bills such as the Semiconductor Act and the Electrical Network Act.]

Choi also participated in the macroeconomic-financial issues conference, a high-level economic consultative body, and the so-called "F4 meeting."

They urged to conduct a 24-hour emergency inspection of the financial and foreign exchange markets and take prompt market stabilization measures if volatility increases.

At the same time, he said he would chair this F4 meeting in person every week.

As it has repeatedly emphasized the decline in external credibility and the high exchange rate, it is interpreted as an intention to firmly protect the economic control tower.

For the first time since taking over as an agent, he met with the U.S. ambassador to South Korea and the commander of the U.S. Forces Korea to exchange opinions on the launch of the new Trump administration.

However, the schedule for summit diplomacy with the heads of neighboring countries, including the United States and Japan, remains uncertain,

In order to resolve external economic uncertainty, 'diplomatic stabilization' remains a task to be solved as soon as possible.

I'm Park Heejae of YTN.



Filmmaker: Ko Min-cheol

Video editing: Yun Yong-jun

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