2)  Last March, under the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation involving a regional grouping of Asian countries, Korea actively sought to pursue financial cooperation and prevent a renewed crisis. –  The scale of the fund’s total resources was enlarged from USD 78 billion to USD 120 billion, of which Korea contributed 16%, or USD 19.2 billion.
3)  In regard to the IMF, studies are now underway on improving its current lending system and supplementing the necessary lending resources so that it may carry out the function of global lender of last resort more effectively.