Leaving for the US to attend G-20 and IMF meetings is the finance minister

In addition to other engagements, Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will go to the United States the following week, according to his office.

He will attend a conference of the Group of 20 (G-20) of finance ministers and central bankers.

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Choo will begin his six-day journey on Tuesday.

Briefing foreign investors in New York about the Korean economy and the government's new economic policies.

After that, he will go to Washington, D.C., where he will take part in the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action's ministerial conference on Wednesday.

There, Choo will talk about green economic strategies with financial officials from 78 different nations and international organisations.

Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho will go to the United States the following week, according to his office.

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