Consumer prices grow 3.6 pct in 2023
Kim Bo-kyung, a senior official at Statistics Korea, gives a briefing at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2023, to announce that South Korea has continued to experience high inflationary pressure this year following the highest price growth in decades the previous year, with consumer prices rising 3.6 percent on-year and slowing from a 5.1 percent gain in 2022. (Yonhap)
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