While the international financial market continues tailspin , funding executives from Korea ’ s Top 20 corporate groups held an emergency meeting on October 10 to inspect current economic conditions and corporate money situations . Held under the auspice of the Federation of Korean Industries ( FKI ) , the meeting participants came to an agreement that that the foreign exchange , capital and fundamentals of the Top 20 corporate groups were sturdy despite the shaky liquidity in the Korean financial market . The meeting attendants diagnosed the insecure financial market as , “ the market overreacting due to psychological factors rather than structural imbalance , ” and stressed , “ Government policies should be trusted especially in such situations and if each economic player cooperates to counter the crisis , the market can be stabilized . ” In response to President Lee Myung - bak ’ s warning against enterprises buying off dollars and the government ’ s order against exporters to release reserved dollars , the participants said , “ Much effort will be made to preemptively counter the global financial instability and to rapidly soothe the money market . ” Meanwhile , it was conveyed that the government had requested SK Group to sell its dollars , especially its affiliates that export heavily . Officials from the Top 4 corporate groups , Samsung , LG , Hyundai - Kia and SK , as well as Hanwha , Doosan , STX , GS , Dongbu , Lotte , Shinsegae , LS , Hyundai Heavy Industries , Hanjin , Daelim and Hyosung were all present in this day ’ s meeting . [ Dong - eun Lee / JYJ ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]