Vice Chairman Kim Soyoung of the Financial Services Commission held a background briefing on the government's financial policy plans to strengthen the role of finance to foster co-prosperity and expand the ladder of opportunity on January 16. At the briefing, Vice Chairman Kim outlined government's plans for (a) strengthening the role of capital markets to facilitate asset accumulation of the public, (b) reducing the burden of high interest rates in support for vulnerable groups, and (c) assisting vulnerable debtors to recover and regain footing from financial difficulties and debt problems.