SOUTH KOREA INFLATION RISES IN OCTOBER

South Korea's consumer prices increased in October, figures from Statistics Korea showed on Tuesday.

The consumer price index rose 3.2 percent year-on-year in October, after a 2.5 percent increase in September. This was in line with economists' expectation.

Excluding food and energy, core consumer prices increased 2.4 percent in October, following a 1.5 percent rise in the preceding month.

On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in October, after a 0.5 percent increase in the previous month.

The core CPI grew 0.3 percent monthly in October, after a 0.1 percent fall in the prior month.

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