New finance chief to visit US for urgent tariff talks
Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol delivers a speech at an inauguration ceremony at the government complex in Sejong on Monday. (Yonhap) Seasoned bureaucrat Koo Yun-cheol was inaugurated as South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister on Monday, ending a three-month leadership vacuum at the ministry tasked with resolving US tariff talks, accelerating tax reforms and