Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea

Bank of Korea Governor Park Seung (left) is pounding a gavel to signal the beginning of the regular meeting at the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Korea yesterday morning. The Bank of Korea raised the call rate by 0.25 percent points that day. This is the first time that the call rate has been raised since May 2002.

Chul-Min An acm08@donga.com