On December 13, President MyongHo Rhee attended and delivered a congratulatory speech at the 2023 BFC-KAFE International Symposium on Finance and Economics, co-hosted and organized by the Busan Finance Center and the Korean Association of Financial Engineering.
In his congratulatory remarks at the symposium, Rhee emphasized the importance of promoting self-sustainability and the role of the financial industry in the development of the Busan International Financial Centre, and said, "Based on finance as the future growth engine of Busan, we will continue to propose and guide policies on sustainable finance, digital finance, and shipping finance."