Lee urges swift extra budget to cushion Middle East fallout

President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday urged officials to accelerate work on a supplementary budget, as the government moves to limit the economic fallout from the ongoing Middle East conflict. “In times of crisis, swift fiscal spending is essential to ensure that efforts to stabilize people’s livelihoods and support the economic recovery do not lose momentum,” Lee said during a meeting of senior secretaries and aides at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. “In the end, there is no way a

By The Korea Herald