"The government-wide task force designed to respond to urgent economic matters will closely monitor financial markets and currencies 24-hours a day and respond swiftly, decisively when abnormalities are seen," Choi Sang-mok told government officials, according to a statement released after the meeting.
According to Reuters, South Korean shares ended at a more than one-week high on Friday and the won also gained slightly as investment sentiment improved after the Constitutional Court parliament's impeachment of Park over a graft scandal involving the country's conglomerates.