Consumer prices rise 3.1 pct in May on soaring fuel prices

Lee Doo-won, a senior official at the Ministry of Data and Statistics, speaks during a press conference at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on June 2, 2026, to announce South Korea's consumer prices rose 3.1 percent in May from a year earlier amid global energy price volatility following the Middle East war. (Yonhap)

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