South Korea Planning to Issue More Long-Term Treasury Bonds

SEJONG, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s finance minister said Wednesday that he will gradually expand the issuance of longer-term Treasury bonds in a bid to raise government funds for fiscal projects in a more reliable manner. “The South Korean government will increase the percentage of long-term state bonds in order to finance mid- and long-termfiscal plans on a stable basis and to keep up with the fast-changing market demand,” Finance Minister Kim Dong-yeon said in [...]