ＰＫＯ

noun

peacekeeping operations; PKO

Refers to international peacekeeping missions, often under the United Nations. The Japanese term 平和維持活動 is the full form.

See also: 平和維持活動

• 国こく連れんのＰＫＯに自じ衛えい隊たいが参さん加かした。

  The Self-Defense Forces participated in a UN PKO.

noun

price-keeping operation; PKO

Financial term for market interventions to stabilize stock prices. The full form is 株価維持操作.

See also: 株価維持操作

• 政せい府ふは株かぶ価か下げ落らくを防ふせぐためＰＫＯを実じっ施しした。

  The government conducted a PKO to prevent stock prices from falling.