South Korean finance minister leaves for Bangkok IMF and G20 meetings
Lee Hyoung-il departed on October 14 for meetings in Bangkok, including a scheduled G20 gathering and a G7 session he was invited to attend.
South Korean Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il departed from Incheon for Bangkok on October 14 to attend the IMF and World Bank annual meetings and a G20 finance-minister gathering, according to Yonhap and The Korea Herald, which cited his ministry.
G20 and G7 meetings on Lee’s itinerary
Lee was scheduled to attend the G20 finance ministers’ meeting on October 15. The Korea Herald reported that he would join a G7 finance ministers’ meeting that evening as an invited guest, South Korea’s second invitation to such a meeting this year after one in May.
Sources and context
- S. Korean finance minister departs for Bangkok to attend IMF, G20 ministerial meetingsYonhap News Agency
- Lee Hyung-il heads to Bangkok for G20, G7 finance ministers' meetings in multilateral debutThe Korea Herald
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