President Yoon asked Prime Minister Han to "make sure to manage external economic instability factors such as the Middle East."

Yoon Suk Yeol's president has ordered full management of recent escalating geopolitical risks and external economic instability factors, including in Ukraine and the Middle East.President

Yoon made the request today (28th) at a weekly meeting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, former spokesman Jeong Hye-jeon said in a written briefing.

Shin Won-sik, head of the presidential office's national security office, was also present at the weekly meeting after attending the recent South Korea-U.S.-Japan Security Office meeting in Washington.