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 Oct. 2, 2026, to announce South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.9 percent in September from a year earlier, with energy costs remaining elevated while prices of agricultural goods declined. (Yonhap)

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