Consumer prices rise 2.2 pct in March

Consumer prices rise 2.2 pct in March

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 April 2, 2026, to announce South Korea's consumer prices rose 2.2 percent in March from a year earlier, mainly due to a hike in global oil prices caused by prolonged tensions in the Middle East. (Yonhap)

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