And before that three-way meeting, the president presided over a Cabinet meeting.
There, she stressed the importance of rooting out corruption in Korean society.
Meeting with some of the new Cabinet members for the first time, she said... if illicit practices are left untouched, they will hinder efforts to revitalize the domestic economy.
She then asked the prime minister to push ahead with his crackdown on corruption.
The president is thought to have reaffirmed her determination... in response to recent irregularities in the defense industry, dereliction of duty in overseas resources development... and the creation of slush funds and embezzlement by some conglomerates.