SEOUL, July 12 (Reuters) - The head of South Korea's financial supervisory agency asked foreign financial firms on Wednesday for preemptive risk management in the face of various uncertainties. "Especially, I request that you do your best to maintain financial soundness and proactive risk management by pre-emptively responding to recent external and internal uncertainties," Lee Bok-hyun, governor of the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), told firms. Representatives from 11 foreign institutions including JPMorgan Chase Bank, HSBC Bank, MUFG Bank, Yuanta Securities, Goldman Sachs Securities, insurers, and investment companies attended. Lee also told the meeting, which is held once or twice a year, about progress in regulatory changes and authorities' efforts to improve foreign access to financial markets, the FSS said in a statement. Reporting by Jihoon Lee; editing by Robert BirselOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Persons: Lee Bok, hyun, Lee, Jihoon Lee, Robert Birsel Organizations: Financial Supervisory Service, JPMorgan Chase Bank, HSBC Bank, MUFG Bank, Yuanta Securities, Goldman, Goldman Sachs Securities, Thomson Locations: SEOUL, Goldman Sachs