S. Korea's consumer prices up 3.4 pct in Aug.

S. Korea's consumer prices up 3.4 pct in Aug.

Kim Bo-kyung, a senior official at Statistics Korea, holds a press conference at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on Sept. 5, 2023, to announce that consumer prices rose 3.4 percent in August from a year earlier. During the reported month, South Korea's consumer price growth surpassed 3 percent after falling below the mark for two consecutive months amid higher prices of agricultural and manufactured goods, according to data from Statistics Korea. (Yonhap)

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