Easing interest rate burden

Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Choi Jong-ku, right, speaks with a Seoul rere at a local Financial Support Center for low-wage earners in central Seoul, Thursday. The financial regulator announced the same day that 1.71 million people escaped from loans with 24 percent interest or higher in the first half of this year thanks to the FSC's efforts to help those suffering from the burden of heavy debt. / Yonhap